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Here are some upcoming TV on DVD or BluRay releases you might wanna check out.

The Starter Wife’s First Season will be released on DVD this coming March 10th, in a two-disc offering, with six episode.

The series stars Debra Messing as a Hollywood Mogul’s wife who suddenly finds that she has to fend for herself after her husband divorces her for a starlet. The series premiered on TV in 2007 to rave reviews and even won Golden Globe and Emmy recognitions for it.

Runaway, The Complete Series is a story about a family struggling to live normally even as they are in the witness protection program. The series never made it past four episodes when it aired on television. This DVD set now completes the whole story. Runaway comes in two disc with nine episodes, for release March 24.

IT Crowd is a British comedy about nerds in a company’s IT Support Team. They have to follow the lead of their female, computer illiterate boss, Jen, to be able to survive the corporate jungle outside of the IT basement. The disc comes in six episode, for release March 31st.

I finally had the pleasure of watching Dead Like Me, Life After Death. This is a movie  sequel ( released direct to DVD) to the series Dead Like Me, which was canceled sometime in 2003. The series was created by Bryan Fuller and this was the inspiration behind Pushing Daisies.

Considering how brilliant the TV show was, the movie was actually quite a disappointment for me. I wasn’t quite sure if it was because characters were changed, removed or added in the movie version, it just didn’t have the right groove. The storyline was lacking in depth, it makes me wonder why they would have to do a movie anyway. Although someone watching this for the first time, will have no confusion as the TV episodes have little to do with what the movie is all about. It is decidedly a stand alone story, and well, one that doesn’t measure up to how great the TV series was (which was unfortunately canceled because the premise of Dead Like Me wasn’t so mainstream, really).

Dead Like Me, Life After Death is a nice trip back to nostalgia. But it isn’t good enough to make me miss the show entirely.

The DVD is now out and may be ordered at your preferred online DVD stores.

Here is something I haven’t done in a while on this blog, so I am bringing it back — it’s checking through the latest releases and upcoming TV shows on DVD or Blu Ray Disc. Let’s see what we have for today…

The first season of In Plain Sight is up for release March 31st. This is a show that airs on USA Network and stars Mary McCormack, as a US Marshall who takes in witnesses and protects them from possible harm. The series depicts a differently powerful feminine character in her persona. The DVD to this comes in three discs. In Plain Sight should be returning to USA Network this summer.

My Two Dads and Blossom, two TV series about pre-adolescent ladies I have enjoyed watching during my own pre-adolescent period, are coming to DVD. Actually, Blossom is now out in a complete first and second season compilation, while My Two Dads’ first season will be released in early March.

And lastly, the first complete season of is now out on DVD. The eight episode series from the UK comes in two disc. Here’s a short description of the program:

Billie Piper stars in the hit series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, based on the real-life adventures of a high-class London escort. By day she’s quiet and unassuming Hannah. But when night comes, she’s Belle, the city’s finest call girl. Juggling her own reality with her clients’ fantasies can be difficult, but this savvy sweetheart knows every trick for doing it in style. Take a peek into Secret Diary of a Call Girl,, the witty and provocative original series from Showtime. It’s a good time you won’t soon forget.

So, which of these titles will you be getting?

As most programs are on hiatus this holiday season, I am taking this time to catch up on some programs I’ve missed. I will recommend a few women centered TV shows you and I can indulge in during the holiday break.

I have yet to watch a complete series of Roswell, actually. And if you’re trying to catch up on your viewing, this one is quite short, running at three seasons only.

This series was quite popular among young adults back in 1999 from 2002.
Roswell starred Shiri Appleby, Jason Behr, Katherine Heigl (before she became a big earning TV star of Grey’s Anatomy), Brendan Fehr and Majandra Delfino.

It’s a story of three “people” who come from an alien planet and is discovered by a regular high school girl who has promised to keep their secret. They eventually forge friendships, like normal teenagers do, while the “aliens” try to find a way to return home.

The Roswell DVD details are available here .

As most programs are on hiatus this holiday season, I am taking this time to catch up on some programs I’ve missed. I will recommend a few women centered TV shows you and I can indulge in during the holiday break.

Caroline In The City ran from 1995 to 1999. I remember that I used to watch this show’s reruns back to back with Mad About You on cable TV.

I hardly remember most of the scenes and stories from this comedy. But I do recall that Caroline works as a cartoonist and that it had the usual storyline — single girl living in New York, finding herself, true love and true friends.

All the more reason for me to kick back with a DVD this holiday — to recapture a show I used to enjoy watching over a decade ago.

The first season DVD was just released last August. You can check the details of it here .

As most programs are on hiatus this holiday season, I am taking this time to catch up on some programs I’ve missed. I will recommend a few women centered TV shows you and I can indulge in during the holiday break.

Ellen, a sitcom which starred Ellen Degeneres as Ellen Morgan, aired from 1994 to 1998. It was a series about a single thirty-something woman coping with the insanities of single-blessedness.

The show had an amazing cast of funny people — Steven Gilborn and Alice Hirson played Ellen’s parents. Joely Fisher, Arye Gross, David Anthony Higgins, Clea Lewis and Jeremy Piven all played Ellen’s friends.

If anything, this was like a female version of Seinfeld.

The show was originally called “These Friends Of Mine” .

In its fourth season, Ellen, the character, came out to the world as a lesbian, much like Ellen, the actor, did. In it’s fifth season, the show’s direction changed and dealt more with Ellen’s life as a lesbian…and thus began its ratings decline, which was pretty sad considering, all biases aside, the show was truly entertaining and funny.

The good thing though is, you can catch up on Ellen through DVDs. Check for the details here.  

As most programs are on hiatus this holiday season, I am taking this time to catch up on some programs I’ve missed. I will recommend a few women centered TV shows you and I can indulge in during the holiday break.

The Secret World of Alex Mack was an early 90’s series that ran on Nickelodeon. I was well into college when Alex Mack aired. Its target audience was young teenagers, but I couldn’t let it pass when I get the chance to catch it on TV.

It’s about a young girl who met an accident that gave her mysterious powers like zapping things, moving objects with her mind, and I think I remember her transforming into something gooey at one point, but I am not too sure about that.

Watching this show again will help me remember all the fun things Alex Mack was about.

The series ran for four years and after more than a decade, its first DVD set, for the complete first season, is now out. DVD details are here.

As most programs are on hiatus this holiday season, I am taking this time to catch up on some programs I’ve missed. I will recommend a few women centered TV shows you and I can indulge in during the holiday break.

The Sarah Jane Adventures is not aired anywhere on network American TV, since this is a British Production for the BBC. It’s a spin-off from the cult favorite, Doctor Who, with the former companion of The Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith, as its lead character.

If you are familiar with the original show, then you’d know that this is a sci-fi adventure series. But Sarah Jane’s themeline is more focused on being more appealing to younger children, with its incredible stories and exciting escapades.

The Sarah Jane Adventures’ first season is now out on DVD (North American Release). You can check for its details here.

As most programs are on hiatus this holiday season, I am taking this time to catch up on some programs I’ve missed. I will recommend a few women centered TV shows you and I can indulge in during the holiday break.

I have tried watching this series when it was running on ABC Family over the summer. But I couldn’t get passed the early episodes. That’s not saying this show is bad. Because it isn’t. I just don’t think I am its audience. I watched only for curiosity, because I wanted to see Molly Ringwald who plays the pregnant teen’s mom.

is created by Brenda Hampton, whose main credit is for giving us 7th Heaven. Her new show actually has the 7th Heaven feel to it. It’s a drama series about families coming together in order to cope with a teen pregnancy.

Shailene Woodley stars as Amy Juergens stars the good-girl, geeky smart and talented teenager who unexpectedly got pregnant when she hooked up with a major hottie at band camp.

The time I was watching it, Amy still hasn’t told her mom nor the father of the baby. Which is why I wanna follow through with watching this. I’m curious as to how they dealt with it.

The DVD to Secret Life of an American Teenager will be up for release by the end of this year. Details are on this site , if you’re interested.

As most programs are on hiatus this holiday season, I am taking this time to catch up on some programs I’ve missed. I will recommend a few women centered TV shows you and I can indulge in during the holiday break.

During holiday breaks a couple of years back, our local TV channel usually runs a marathon of one season of Charmed. I was able to play catch up on the show because of it. But I did actually miss a few other seasons. Especially after it looked like the Power of Three became the Power of Four with the arrival of the sisters’ cousin. Admittedly, my favorite seasons had been when Shannen Doherty was still in the cast.

Charmed aired from 1998 to 2006. It’s a story about three sisters with bewitching powers which they’ve come to possess when they all got older.

When Prue, the eldest sister dies and thereby cutting the principle of the Power of Three, they two remaining siblings learned they have a half-sister, Paige, who  was instrumental to continuing the sisters’ fight against warlocks and demons that apparently roam this earth.

Charmed is out with a Deluxe Edition Limited DVD. You can check for the details of it here .