I am – Hercules!!

David E. Kelley, a huge and acclaimed force in television for two decades, has never seen one of his shows – not “L.A. Law,” not “Chicago Hope,” not “Picket Fences,” not “Ally McBeal,” not “The Practice,” not “Snoops,” “Boston Public,” “Girls Club,” or “The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire” - on a U.S. DVD season-set.

Until this week. The adventures of Denny Crane, Alan Shore, Shirley Schmidt, Brad Chase, Paul Lewiston and season-one-only characters Tara Wilson, Lori Colson and Sally Heep arrive at last on Boston Legal: The Complete First Season. I gather this set only contains 17 episodes, since the final few produced for season one were kicked over to “Legal’s” second season once everybody saw how well “Grey’s Anatomy” was doing in “Legal’s” old time slot.

Deadwood: The Complete Second Season is the one that saw Al Swearengen stricken and introduced the Hearst organization to the titular South Dakota settlement. Your $70 gets you all 12 second-season episodes, at least nine commentaries, the historical featurette “The Real Deadwood 1877,” and numerous making-of docs.

The coolest thing about X-Men Evolution: The Complete Third Season is it contains the complete third season. Thirteen episodes for only $13.99. The series is otherwise available in unpleasant 3-episode sets for about $9 each. Those suck!

Herc’s Popular Pricing Pantry

Fox Home Entertainment has lopped (at least as I type this) a whopping 50-percent off a load of its animated titles:

Futurama
$19.97 Volume One

King of the Hill
$19.97 The Complete First Season
$24.97 The Complete Second Season
$21.47 The Complete Third Season
$19.97 The Complete Fourth Season
$19.97 The Complete Fifth Season

The Simpsons
$19.97 The Complete First Season
$24.97 The Complete Second Season
$24.97 The Complete Third Season
$24.97 The Complete Fourth Season
$24.97 The Complete Fifth Season
$24.97 The Complete Sixth Season

And one can still (at the moment) find a great many of Fox’s 50-percent off non-animated season-sets here!!

TV-on-DVD Calendar

Last Week
Beach Girls: The Complete Miniseries
The Best of the Beat Club Vol. 1
The Best of the Beat Club Vol. 2
The Big Valley 1.x
Brilliant But Cancelled: Crime Dramas
Brilliant But Cancelled: EZ Streets
Grounded For Life 2.x
Here Come The Brides 1.x

Hill Street Blues 2.x

Home Movies 4.x

Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Vol. 9

May 23
Animated All-Stars Vol. 1

Boston Legal 1.x

Deadwood 2.x

The 4400 2.x

X-Men Evolution 3.x

May 30
ALF 3.x
ALF Animated Adventures
ALFTales: ALF and the Beanstalk
American Musclecar 2.x
Avatar Vol. 3

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1.x ($27.99 Slimcase Edition)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2.x ($27.99 Slimcase Edition)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3.x ($27.99 Slimcase Edition)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 4.x ($27.99 Slimcase Edition)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 5.x ($27.99 Slimcase Edition)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 6.x ($27.99 Slimcase Edition)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 7.x ($27.99 Slimcase Edition)

The Venture Bros. 1.x

June 6
Air America: The Complete Series
Charmed 5.x
Cheyenne 1.x
The Chris Rock Show 1.x/2.x
Combat: Best of New Replacements
Combat: Best of the Squad
Def Poetry 4.x
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
Entourage 2.x
F-Troop 1.x
Godzilla: The Original Animated Series Vol. 1
Godzilla: The Original Animated Series Vol. 2
He-Man 2.x Vol. 1
Home Improvement 4.x
NCIS 1.x
Power Rangers Mystic Force Vol. 1
Star Trek: Q
Teddy Ruxpin Vol. 3
The Time Tunnel Vol. 2
What's New, Scooby Doo Vol. 9
The Wild Wild West 1.x
The X-Files 7.x ($34.99 Silmcase Edtion)
The X-Files 8.x ($34.99 Silmcase Edtion)
The X-Files 9.x ($34.99 Silmcase Edtion)

June 13
America's Funniest Home Videos: Nincompoops and Boneheads

Beavis & Butt-Head Vol. 2

Cheers 8.x

Medium 1.x

The Rockford Files 2.x

June 20

The Adventures of Superman 3.x/4.x

Justice League 2.x

Lois & Clark 3.x

The Mary Tyler Moore Show 4.x

NewsRadio 4.x

Superman: The Animated Series 3.x

Superman: Brainiac Attacks!

June 27
Alice: TV Favorites
Civilisation: The Complete Series
Columbo 5.x
Dr. Quinn: The Movies
Family Affair 1.x
Fear Factor 1.x
Galaxy High School Vol. 1
The Honeymooners: The Color Episodes
Masters of Horror: Deer Woman
Masters of Horror: Sick Girl

Masters of Horror: Sick Girl/Deer Woman

July 4
Charlie's Angels 3.x
Doctor Who 27.x
The Legend of Prince Valiant Vol. 1

July 11
Avatar 1.x Vol. 4
A Different World 2.x
The Ellen Show: The Complete Series
ER 5.X
ER: The Complete First Five Seasons
I Dream of Jeannie 2.x
McCallum
Perry Mason 1.x Vol. 1
Reno 911! 3.x
30 Days 1.x
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1.x Vol. 2
Weeds 1.x

July 18

The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.: The Complete Series

Amazing Stories 1.x

Carnivale 2.x

The Incredible Hulk 1.x <--- NEW!!

Jack of All Trades: The Complete Series

The Pee-Wee Herman Show

July 25
All Creatures Great and Small 6.x
Allo Allo 5.x
American Musclecar 3.x
Animaniacs Vol. 1
The Boondocks 1.x
Dark Shadows Vol. 25
Galaxy High School Vol. 2
Invisible Man 2.x
JAG 1.x
Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour 3
La Femme Nikita 4.x
Laguna Beach 2.x
Pinky and the Brain Vol. 1
Punky Brewster 3.x
Rawhide 1.x
The Shirley Temple Storybook Collection
Tales From The Crypt 4.x
Three's Company 7.x

August 1
Beavis & Butt-head Vol. 3
Blue Collar TV 2.x
The Comeback: The Complete Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm 5.x
Dallas 5.x
The Girls Next Door 1.x
Star Trek: Klingon

August 8
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 4.x
Prison Break 1.x
Xiaolin Showdown 1.x

August 15
The Brak Show Vol. 2
Full House 4.x <--- NEW!!
Full House 1.x-4.x <--- NEW!!
Hong Kong Phooey: The Complete Series
Magilla Gorilla: The Complete Series
Remington Steele 4.x/5.x

Rome 1.x

Sealab 2021 4.x
Simpsons 8.x
Surface 1.x
The Weird Al Show: The Complete Series

August 22
The Bill Cosby Show 1.x
A Bit of Fry & Laurie 1.x
A Bit of Fry & Laurie Vol. 2

Invasion: The Complete Series <--- NEW!!
Elizabeth I: The Complete Miniseries
Theshold: The Complete Series

Veronica Mars 2.x

August 29
Arrested Development 3.x
Desperate Housewives 2.x

September 5
Doctor Who: Inferno <--- NEW!!
Doctor Who: Web Planet <--- NEW!!
The Flintstones 6.x <--- NEW!!
The Flintstones 1.x-6.x <--- NEW!!
Supernatural 1.x <--- NEW!!

September 12

Grey's Anatomy 2.x

October 3

Lost 2.x

November 7
New Fat Albert

November 21
Teddy Ruxpin Vol. 1-4

Selected season-sets of Herc’s All-Time Favorite TV Shows on DVD! Behold the comparative value:

$14.97 The Bob Newhart Show 1.x (24 episodes)
$14.97 The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1.x (24 episodes)
$19.97 Hill Street Blues 1.x (17 episodes)
$19.97 Wonderfalls: The Complete Series (13 episodes)
$20.99 Rocky & Bullwinkle 1.x (26 episodes)
$21.99 Soap 1.x (25 episodes) (+$1)
$24.97 The Simpsons 2.x (22 episodes)
$26.99 The Tick: The Complete Series (nine episodes)
$28.99 Cheers 1.x (23 episodes)
$29.97 Moonlighting 1.x/2.x (25 episodes) (+$5.02)
$29.99 Friends 1.x (24 episodes)
$29.99 Columbo 1.x (nine TV-movies)
$29.99 The Rockford Files 1.x (23 episodes)
$29.99 Curb Your Enthusiasm 1.x (10 episodes)
$31.27 Twin Peaks 1.x (seven episodes) (-$.01)
$31.99 Newsradio 1.x/2.x (29 episodes) (+$2)
$31.99 ER 1.x (26 episodes)
$31.99 The Larry Sanders Show 1.x (13 episodes) (-$4)
$31.99 South Park 1.x (13 episodes) (+$2)
$32.47 Seinfeld 3.x (23 episodes)
$34.46 24 1.x (24 episodes)
$34.99 Firefly: The Complete Series
$35.99 Kung Fu 2.x (23 episodes)
$35.99 Taxi 1.x (22 episodes)
$37.49 Futurama Vol. 2 (19 episodes)
$44.99 Northern Exposure 3.x (23 episodes)
$44.99 Angel 5.x (22 episodes)
$44.99 The West Wing 1.x (22 episodes)
$44.99 Gilmore Girls 4.x (22 episodes) (+$3)
$44.99 Veronica Mars 1.x (22 episodes) (+$3)
$44.99 Undeclared: The Complete Series (17 episodes) (+$5)
$44.99 Battlestar Galactica 1.x (13 episodes plus 4-hour mini)
$44.99 Fawlty Towers: The Complete Series (12 episodes)
$44.99 The Sopranos 1.x (13 episodes)
$47.99 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2.x (22 episodes)
$51.99 The OC 1.x (27 episodes)
$51.99 Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series (18 episodes) (+$1.03)
$47.99 Oz 1.x (eight episodes) (-$4)
$51.99 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 3.x (26 episodes) (-$4)
$51.99 Star Trek: The Next Generation 3.x (26 episodes) (-$4)
$53.99 SCTV Network 90 Vol. 1 (Nine 90-minute episodes)
$59.99 Lost 1.x (24 episodes)
$59.99 Once and Again 1.x (22 episodes)
$62.99 The Dick Van Dyke Show 1.x (31 episodes)
$67.96 Deadwood 1.x (13 episodes)
$69.99 Alias 1.x (22 episodes)
$71.98 Wiseguy 1.x (24 episodes)
$74.99 Six Feet Under 1.x (13 episodes)
$79.99 The Wire 1.x (13 episodes)
$79.99 Carnivale 1.x (12 episodes)
$95.99 The Twilight Zone 1.x (36 episodes)
$103.99 Star Trek 1.x (29 episodes)
$119.99 The Prisoner: The Complete Series (17 episodes)
$127.97 Monty Python: The Complete Series (45 episodes) (-$22.02)
$208.88 My So-Called Life: The Complete Series (19 episodes) (+$18.89)

(+) = price increased since last week
(-) = price decreased since last week