TV-Reviewed

A few years ago, Tom Cavanagh starred in a favorite TV series of mine on NBC. The show was called Ed. I won’t go into the plot of the show, but it had a nice-sized fan base at the time. By the time the fourth season started, the writing was beginning to really suck and NBC wasn’t pushing the show like it once did. The producers wrapped up the show in four seasons and things have been quiet about DVD releases. The problem has been music rights. The show used a lot of great music and the musicians apparently want a lot of money for use on DVDs. Because of this, the show has been put on the backburner.

Collinder.com has recently interviewed Tom Cavanagh and he’s offered some “official” information on the situation, so to speak, but it’s nothing new in my opinion.

Collider.com: Are we going to see Ed on DVD?
Tom Cavanagh: Yeah, I guess they’re talking about it. Last I heard was they were close on season one. The stumbling block as it’s like a lot of the time is the music rights. They were fortunate enough because of the clout they had as the Letterman’s producers to get a lot of great music as one-offs, of course when you put those on a DVD that becomes a whole different thing. I think that’s the difficulty. It would be nice; it would be helpful to have a little something to have a paper weight on the desk.

Collider: You’d come back and do commentary and stuff?
Tom Cavanagh: Gosh I don’t know. That might be the death of the DVD. I’d like to hear what the producers have to say, that’s for sure.

This is one of the few shows where I’d be willing to pay $50 a season. I hope the actors would do the commentary, and I really hope the studio keeps the original music on the DVD.