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<blockquote data-quote="TJP" data-source="post: 318060" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>There are only some very few episodes in the U.S. NTSC DVD sets of season 1 (# 015) and season 2 (# 019 and 027) that were from syndication prints.</p><p>The basic problem is this: In the U.S., Lorimar created one full master for distribution copies, which was intended for the original CBS airing. For seasons 1 through 5, they also created edited masters for syndication. Note that this concerns the NTSC prints for the North American market only. That was the usual way to do it back then because the cannels expected to get more commercials in during rebroadcasts. So when trying to locate the correct NTSC print now, it's always difficult for the people who do not have that history in mind, particularly for the younger people who work there now. TV shows are much shorter today (approx. 41 minutes), so unless people are aware of the (full) 48-or-49-minute standard from back then, they might not even realize that a 45-minute episode is not the full version, but the edited one. They simply picked the wrong master in these cases.</p><p>It's not a specific problem with this show. Many official American DVD sets suffer from the same problem.</p><p></p><p>This problem does not occur in the DVD sets in Europe, Australia and South America since the TV standard is PAL in these regions, and the PAL masters were always left intact.</p><p>The reason is that when Lorimar sold distribution copies outside the U.S., it was at the recipients' discretion if they wanted to edit anything or not, so they always got the full PAL master. That way, the PAL DVD box sets of season 1 and 2 usually never contain a syndicated (shortened) version.</p><p></p><p>Streaming is another matter. I think for the current offer on Amazon Prime / IMDb TV, they simply picked what they located first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJP, post: 318060, member: 5151"] There are only some very few episodes in the U.S. NTSC DVD sets of season 1 (# 015) and season 2 (# 019 and 027) that were from syndication prints. The basic problem is this: In the U.S., Lorimar created one full master for distribution copies, which was intended for the original CBS airing. For seasons 1 through 5, they also created edited masters for syndication. Note that this concerns the NTSC prints for the North American market only. That was the usual way to do it back then because the cannels expected to get more commercials in during rebroadcasts. So when trying to locate the correct NTSC print now, it's always difficult for the people who do not have that history in mind, particularly for the younger people who work there now. TV shows are much shorter today (approx. 41 minutes), so unless people are aware of the (full) 48-or-49-minute standard from back then, they might not even realize that a 45-minute episode is not the full version, but the edited one. They simply picked the wrong master in these cases. It's not a specific problem with this show. Many official American DVD sets suffer from the same problem. This problem does not occur in the DVD sets in Europe, Australia and South America since the TV standard is PAL in these regions, and the PAL masters were always left intact. The reason is that when Lorimar sold distribution copies outside the U.S., it was at the recipients' discretion if they wanted to edit anything or not, so they always got the full PAL master. That way, the PAL DVD box sets of season 1 and 2 usually never contain a syndicated (shortened) version. Streaming is another matter. I think for the current offer on Amazon Prime / IMDb TV, they simply picked what they located first. [/QUOTE]
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