Perhaps Paper Chase Seasons 3 & 4 could be released through ShoutSelect, when they get around to them!

They should be released together in one final 6-disc set, since Season 3 had 12 episodes and Season 4 had only 6 episodes.

Fingers crossed!

I purchased Season 1 via Amazon.com and Season 2 at a Barnes and Noble store.  If buying Seasons 3 and 4 through Shout! Select (which I've just now learned about on this website) will make their release more likely, consider it done!  The Paper Chase was - at its best - the best written, most intelligent show on TV, cable or network. 

If you're producing/releasing, I'm buying!

I'm another fan of the program.  Really enjoyed Seasons 1 and 2.  Looking forward to purchasing the remaining episodes when they come out. 

I really want to complete this series on disc.  If Shout!Select is the only way to do so, then I will be glad to.

Doug

Thanks, Brian, for the information. It was not what so many of us were hoping to hear, but at least we know where we stand.

Now I know I'm grasping at straws here, but would it be possible for Shout! Factory to put out the rest of The Paper Chase (and perhaps other programs that have not sold as well as you originally hoped) on a made-as-ordered basis? As people order a set, you manufacture the discs, package them and ship them out. To cover your costs and make a profit, the sets would probably be a bit more expensive then if they were released through more traditional means, but at least those fans who want them badly enough would have the opportunity. Warner Bros. has had some success with a mail-order program like this. I have ordered a few titles directly from them like this that probably would never have seen the light of day through traditional release channels. I don't pretend to know all of the ins and outs of how something like this would work, but if you already have the rights to The Paper Chase, this would be one way to release the rest of the series in a way that would cost you next to nothing. Just an idea. What do you think?

I have been waiting for this series for years and years.  Many times I almost plunked down the huge amounts for the bootleg options out there.  It was only earlier this year that I noticed Seasons 1 and 2 were released by Shout.  I now own them and am starting Season 2.  I lived this series before law school and during law school.  Reruns ended sometime in the mid-90's.  Now Shout has done an amazing thing.  But stopping short is so disheartening.  I understand the profit aspect.  Something has to be worth while to do it.  But to leave a series incomplete has such an air of emptiness.  To have something complete, whole, is to have something worth while.  Surely there is some argument to be made that sales for a complete series would justify finishing what was started.  I'll continue to wait.  And will undoubtably post again.  The Shout series needs that third year.

David

I honestly hope someone does the right thing and releases Seasons 3/4 of Paper Chase.  I loved this show when it was on and to this day I don't tire of rereading it.  I personally know 4 people who are anxiously awaiting it's release.  Our assumption is that S3/4 would be released as one package since they were substantially cut short.  Another series this is happening to is Early Edition which is also unfortunate.

Brian,

Have you tried approaching PBS Video about offering The Paper Chase Series in their DVD catalogue? Given that PBS carried the series many years ago, they may be willing to help distribute the series. It seems like the perfect demographic for this acclaimed series --- just a thought.

Brian, Scooby has an excellent idea!  I also would suggest advertising the DVD sets to the legal community through law journals and websites.  As someone who attended law school in the early 1980's, I love this show and know that many of my contemporaries also are fans.  I purchased seasons 1 and 2 as soon as I learned they were available.  I would be happy to purchase the remainder of the series, even at a premium price. 

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by Scooby at 1/14/2011 3:45:14 PM

Brian,

Brian:

I don't understand why seasons 3 and 4 can't be released together as a Shout! Select title and satisfy the desires of us all!

Thanks,

fonziefanatic

There was another good idea posted on another thread:  release the Season 3 and Season 4 episodes for sale on iTunes (or release the individual episodes for direct sale and download through your own website).

See:  http://www.shoutfactory.com/community/4125/thread.aspx#axzz1IsZhNBPN

I posted nearly a year ago on this board about this show.  I was in college when the 1st season ran on CBS.  Even though I was nt in law school, the show captured the college experience so realistically.  I was truly upset that Mr. Hart was denied his graduation by the cancellation of the show.  I was pleased when Showtime announced the continuation of Mr. Hart's education and began showing the repeats.  I subscribed to Showtime just for that reason.  It was bittersweet when graduation day rolled around.

It is again a bittersweet memory that I look at my shelf and only see the first 2 seasons of the show sitting there.  I am not sure how many copies need to sell, but I would hope that enough are sold so that I can again see the conclusion of this intelligent series.

I would not hesitate to purchase this show through whatever means ( Shout!Select or regular dvd's).  I would jist like to finish this show.

Doug

Hey guys! I've just asked somewhere else, but for some reason that thread didn't get bumped (is that even possible?) or I can't find it, so I'll just ask again...

Could anyone who has bought the first two seasons of The Paper Chase please confirm if they come with English subtitles/CC's?

Thanks in advance!