Well, sorta. Prolific television producer Stephen J. Cannell has struck an exclusive long-term distribution deal with Anchor Bay Entertainment to release a number of series onto DVD. Plans call for Anchor Bay to issue four to six series sets at once, beginning with 21 Jump Street in mid-September and Silk Stalkings in early October. Two additional sets from among Hunter, The Commish, Renegade and The Greatest American Hero are tentatively slated for the fourth quarter and the other two in early 2005. Since the deal was signed months ago, the two parties have been busy producing bonus features for the sets, including extensive cast and crew interviews and audio commentaries as well as making-of featurettes. According to Anchor Bay, Cannell's production company had kept the master tapes of the series in such good shape that the DVDs could be prepared in a faster time frame than is often the case for some older series.
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