Kim Zimmer,Alec Baldwin and Armand Assante were among many familiar names that were part of The Doctors.There is one episode from 79 on YouTube.

Headwriters included Doug Marland,Richard and Suzanne Holland and Harding Lemay.

I wonder if there is any market beyond soap enthusiasts for the show.

Kim Zimmer,Alec Baldwin and Armand Assante were among many familiar names that were part of The Doctors.There is one episode from 79 on YouTube.

Headwriters included Doug Marland,Richard and Suzanne Holland and Harding Lemay.

I wonder if there is any market beyond soap enthusiasts for the show.

I've found two episodes, I think, on YouTube. There could possibly be more. WashesWhiter posted two, that's for certain. One of them begins with a scene with Carolee in bed having a nightmare...and it has a late 70s opening that I'd never seen before. The other one has, I think, Matt and Greta.

I truly hope there's a market for it. I think some networks just dont get how to rerun soaps. TVLand reran "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" back in 2002, but they only aired four episodes a week, and the episodes aired in hour-long blocks on Friday and Saturday. They just didn't get the importance of airing the episodes daily...and I hope whoever gets DOC realizes that. If they start with episodes from the late 1960s or early 1970s, that's the best that the show has to offer, and I don't see why anyone wouldn't want to tune in to it. I wonder if the early 70s stuff is in kinescope form or the actual color episodes...

Just an update. I was going through old post and saw this one and E-mailed SFM Entertainment today to see the latest news. I got a response back a few hours later:

Blake:

Thank you for the inquiry regarding "The Doctors" soap opera. There are

plans to return the series to cable television in 2009 and we are in the

process of determining just how and when. There are 5000 episodes and the

cost of transferring all of the original materials to the new Digital format

is quite expensive. In any event, we are in the process. Stay tuned to the

SFM Website and we, too, will keep your name on file and advise when we know

more.

Thanks, again.

All the best.

Stan Moger

President

So they're still working on it.

How cool!

I admit this kinda worries me. Doctors is one of the soaps I bet there's the least interest in--and if this bombs as bad as it might, then other studios will prob use it as an excuse as to why they won't release any of their soaps on DVD... Maybe it'll be mail order only - I knwo the Aussie prison soap Cell Block H was completely released that way--stores I believe only got Best of collections.

Seriously we should be getting an awesome OLTL 40th anniversary box set right now, etc etc--such a wasted opportunity

how about Santa Barbara or Edge of Night or Another World...I was always a Rachel fan!!! Back to the time when she was married to Russ and letting him think Jamie was his son!! I know soapnet used to air AW but I don't think they showed the last couple of years worth of shows...those are the ones I would like to see again...Rachel falling in love with Carl Hutchins!!!!

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how about Santa Barbara or Edge of Night or Another World...Iwas always a Rachel fan!!! I know soapnet used to air AW but I don't think they showed the last couple of years worth of shows...those are the ones I would like to see again...Rachel falling in love with Carl Hutchins!!!!

AW and EoN you can find at aolvideo.com

Not if you're in Canada

I'd love a complete box set of Loving/City, one of the few soaps I love that I know has every single episode saved. that'd be one huge boxset

I want a complete set of The City episodes. I'd sell my Xena, Charmed, and Melrose Place sets for that.

It's good to know they're transferring all the eps to DVD. Hopefully, that's a better (and more cost-effective) of archiving them.

Thanks, Blake, for the update!

Not if you're in Canada

I'd love a complete box set of Loving/City, one of the few soaps I love that I know has every single episode saved. that'd be one huge boxset

I am not sure, but perhaps in Canada you could subscribe to AOL proper, and then enter aolvideo using the AOL client?

In its television DVD release schedule, hollywoodbitchslap/eFilmCritic has listed All My Children and General Hospital seasons as "2008 and beyond" since sometime last year

http://hollywoodbitchslap.com/feature.php?feature=282

In its television DVD release schedule, hollywoodbitchslap/eFilmCritic has listed All My Children and General Hospital seasons as "2008 and beyond" since sometime last year

^^^Til I here it from TVshowsOnDVD, I won't trust. Plus why would they release AMC and GH but not OLTL?

I want a complete set of The City episodes. I'd sell my Xena, Charmed, and Melrose Place sets for that.

I'm working on transfering my last three months of City from VHS to DVD-R but it's taking longer than I thought

^^^Til I here it from TVshowsOnDVD, I won't trust. Plus why would they release AMC and GH but not OLTL?

The same reason AMC and GH got coffee table books 4 or so years before OLTL and a trivia book 10 years before OLTL's (which is coming out this week I believe) lol?

I'd love a box set with maybe some of the earliest complete eps available, then key eps from each era they still have for AMC/OLTL.