I just did a search for “Leaving Soon” on Amazon and Freevee and Falcon Crest didn’t come up at all. Has anyone else tried. (Interestingly, what did come up was all of Neighbours 2012-2024.)

10 hours ago, Khan said:

That's why I encourage others now to hold onto their DVD's and Blu-rays of their favorite series and, if possible, purchase or re-purchase them wherever they can, because even if there's a chance that a "Picket Fences" or a "Northern Exposure" were to pop up again on another streamer or OTA channel, it won't last forever there either.  There are so many past shows out there, waiting to be viewed again, but these streamers and others have only so much "space" for them all.

 

*Recently, I've been reminded all over again how many frigging western shows they made BITD, lol.

Oh no doubt I agree, it just becomes more  aggravating when you have something like Falcon Crest, which never got a full DVD release and hadn’t been on a legitimate service since the SoapNet era just get hauled off or in the example among many of LA Law, where internationally the whole series is on DVD but not in Region 1. I feel like FC could’ve just gotten a complete series on release years ago even if it was at a loss, Idk. It almost reminds of how back when Disney would do limited releases of their older material be it rescreening or VHS limited time only releases while advertising ominously “Get it before it goes back into the Disney vault!!” lol.

Granted some things will always be a classic and some things are better left in the past. For every I Love Lucy, Perry Mason, and Andy Griffith people clamor for, there’s always shows like Hazel, Ironside, and Medical Center that no one is clamoring for minus a few skeletal hands rising from the grave 🤣

Off-topic, As for westerns well those were the escapist adventure/fantasy dramas for many in the the 50’s and 60’s that were monster hits and served as a bit of a precursor to daytime soaps as they expanded from 30 minutes to 60 minutes to even 90 minutes in the cases of the Virginian and I think Bonanza temporary…? Maybe if Gunsmoke had just written and serialized a growing relationship between Marshal Dillon and Miss Kitty…

1 hour ago, soapfan770 said:

expanded from 30 minutes to 60 minutes to even 90 minutes in the cases of the Virginian and I think Bonanza temporary…?

The Virginian was always 90 mins and Bonanza always an hour. Gunsmoke did expand from 30 min to an hour as 60 min became the norm for dramas.

12 hours ago, soapfan770 said:

it just becomes more  aggravating when you have something like Falcon Crest, which never got a full DVD release and hadn’t been on a legitimate service since the SoapNet era just get hauled off or in the example among many of LA Law, where internationally the whole series is on DVD but not in Region 1.

I agree!  In those cases, I feel like whoever owns those properties would be better off just doing VOD releases.

On 2/19/2024 at 11:32 AM, AbcNbc247 said:

Just a heads up, guys

Falcon Crest is leaving Freevee soon

 

I can't find any information about this online. Can you provide a link? Amazon is "shutting down" freevee but it's incorporating everything into its Amazon Prime collection but with ads. Amazon has had 2 separate streaming services for a few years which, honestly, hasn't many any sense. All I've read is that they're combing the two.

2 hours ago, adrnyc said:

 

I can't find any information about this online. Can you provide a link? Amazon is "shutting down" freevee but it's incorporating everything into its Amazon Prime collection but with ads. Amazon has had 2 separate streaming services for a few years which, honestly, hasn't many any sense. All I've read is that they're combing the two.

I didn’t see it in an article. It just said ‘Leaving Soon’ on my home screen 

But now with Freevee shutting down, who knows?

5 hours ago, adrnyc said:

 

I can't find any information about this online. Can you provide a link? Amazon is "shutting down" freevee but it's incorporating everything into its Amazon Prime collection but with ads. Amazon has had 2 separate streaming services for a few years which, honestly, hasn't many any sense. All I've read is that they're combing the two.

This what I see on my screen, notice the “leaving soon” is only listed on the lower one under “Drama TV” and not continue watching:

 

I think there's just a confusion that the FreeVee app is being discontinued and its "product" moved to the main Amazon Prime App. I did a search on FreeVee and it shows Falcon Crest as leaving soon. (I don't usually watch it that way, that's why I've been searching for an answer.) I watch via the Amazon Prime Video app and it says nothing about it leaving soon.

21 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

The Virginian was always 90 mins and Bonanza always an hour. Gunsmoke did expand from 30 min to an hour as 60 min became the norm for dramas.

Meant to say thanks for the clarification especially about Bonanza. As it turned out it was the 60 min Wagon Train that briefly expanded to 90 mins for one season when it began airing in color ad a way to compete with The Virginian. 
 

Now back to Falcon Crest…

Yeah, Amazon, is just consolidating everything under the Prime brand. There will be three tiers: free Prime with ads (library titles), paid Prime with ads (new shows), and premium Prime with no ads.

37 minutes ago, Chris 2 said:

Yeah, Amazon, is just consolidating everything under the Prime brand. There will be three tiers: free Prime with ads (library titles), paid Prime with ads (new shows), and premium Prime with no ads.

Ewwwww

Prime is already expensive as it is and to add premium prime at even a higher cost is robbery.

Edited February 23, 20242 yr by Soapsuds

Amazon's gonna feel really stupid when they realize which tier is the most popular, lol.

6 minutes ago, Khan said:

Amazon's gonna feel really stupid when they realize which tier is the most popular, lol.

Duh😂

So is Falcon Crest being pulled or just added to Prime? I see it as leaving soon on my end, but there no similar designation for Dallas. 

I would like to rewatch FC from the beginning, but not if I will lose access to it soon. 

As of today 3/1/24 it’s gone off Freevee and Prime. The first four seasons are currently available for purchase on Prime but none of the later seasons are available. 
 

Guess we’ll have to wait and see where FC ends up next, and who knows how long that will be.