My dad has been a fan of the late Ryan O'Neal. Which Peyton Place episode featured Mr. O'Neal's best work on the soap?

I hope the official DVD releases of PP will eventually continue. As far as I can tell, they have been discontinued, which almost always means they are dead in the water, but occasionally axed TV-series releases do get picked up by another company. Fingers crossed.

Edited Thursday at 12:06 AM3 days by vetsoapfan

On 2/25/2026 at 6:00 PM, vetsoapfan said:

I hope the official DVD releases of PP will eventually continue. As far as I can tell, they have been discontinued, which almost always means they are dead in the water, but occasionally axed TV-series releases do get picked up by another company. Fingers crossed.

For a while there, I really felt like it was only a matter of time before Shout! Factory announced a complete series release, much like they did with Mary Hartman Mary Hartman. PP, to me, is a show that you just bite the bullet and release all at once in one big set. It'll either sell well or it won't, but you're giving the people who are dying to own it the chance to do just that. Putting out a little bit at a time and watching the profits just whet our appetites while knowing that the chances of the whole series coming out that way were slim.

I've picked back up with watching the show, currently just a bit past the 100th episode. Stella's just appeared, and Leslie Nielsen's guest arc is just about done. Everything is great, but what's pulling me in the most at the moment is how far the show is willing to go with David Schuster creeping on Alison.

27 minutes ago, All My Shadows said:

For a while there, I really felt like it was only a matter of time before Shout! Factory announced a complete series release, much like they did with Mary Hartman Mary Hartman. PP, to me, is a show that you just bite the bullet and release all at once in one big set. It'll either sell well or it won't, but you're giving the people who are dying to own it the chance to do just that. Putting out a little bit at a time and watching the profits just whet our appetites while knowing that the chances of the whole series coming out that way were slim.

I've picked back up with watching the show, currently just a bit past the 100th episode. Stella's just appeared, and Leslie Nielsen's guest arc is just about done. Everything is great, but what's pulling me in the most at the moment is how far the show is willing to go with David Schuster creeping on Alison.

Two of my other favorite TV series, St. Elsewhere and Family, also stalled after having their debut seasons commercially released on DVD. I'm in Canada, and neither of these dramas seem to be streaming anywhere. It's so frustrating; such high-quality and respected classics deserves to be available in their entirety. God knows, a lot of total crap is manufactured and released every day. The Mary Tyler Moore Show also stalled after the first three (I think) seasons came out, and no more DVD boxsets were released for YEARS. Luckily, the studio finally relented and did put out the rest, albeit in bare-bones versions (i.e., no special features at all). And China Beach remained unreleased for many years (copyright music issues), too, until Time-Life decided to get it released.

So along with the many losses, there are some wins for viewers

I doubt there is much hope for additional releases on Peyton Place, but at least all 514 episodes and the two follow-up television movies are available on youtube.