I am – Hercules!!

The fourth season of The Mary Tyler Moore Show , the last co-starring Valerie Harper as Rhoda, was nominated for 10 Emmys (including one for “outstanding comedy series”) and won five, including those for “actress of the year” and “best lead actress in a comedy series” (Mary Tyler Moore), “best supporting actress in a comedy" (Cloris Leachman) and “writer of the year” and “best writing in a comedy” (Treva Silverman).

Horny TV-homemaker Sue Ann Nivens was introduced in the season opener and Liberty Williams played Rhoda’s all-but-married sister Debbie Morgenstern. Lou splits with his wife, Ted meets Walter Cronkite and the father who abandoned him as a baby, Mary dates a younger man and an anchorman for a better newscast, Rhoda dates Lou, Ted quits WJM to pursue a political career, Mary and Rhoda produce a show starring Ted and Sue Ann, Mary and Rhoda have a fight, an expose on singles bars is prepared, and Lou suspends Mary for writing a joke obituary. 610 minutes for just $19.49!!

The fourth season of NewsRadio was the last to star the late Phil Hartman. A pre-“Gilmore Girls” Lauren Graham appears in four episodes as Andrea, an unstable efficiency expert. Matthew Brock is fired and stays fired a good portion of the season. Lisa Miller becomes Dave Nelson’s boss. Catherine Duke quits. Bill McNeal gives up cigarettes and steals Mark Russell's "singing satirist" act. Jimmy James - whose book is translated into Japanese, then back into English - tries to circumnavigate the Earth in a balloon. Matthew takes Lisa out on a date. “Mr. Show” vets David Cross, Bob Odenkirk and Brian Posehn turn up as three-quarters of Dave’s old a capella singing group. The season ends with a bizarre parody of “Titanic.”

Of all the many many Super-titles on sale today, the one to which I’m most looking forward is Justice League: The Complete Second Season. Because I never saw it most of it. I caught the first season, deemed it kid-stuff, and bailed before season two premiered. When I revisited the franchise for the Thanagarian-centric second-season finale, I found Green Lantern John Stewart dating Hawkgirl Shayera Hol and myself liking the series a whole lot better.

While I was gone, the League apparently had to contend with such classic DC villains as Amazo, Dr. Destiny, Vandal Savage, Despero, the Justice Lords, Darkseid, Kalibak, Deadshot, Lobo, Eclipso, Gorilla Grodd, Giganta, Clayface, Sinestro, Shade, Parasite, the Joker, the Royal Flush Gang and the Ultra-Humanite.

Herc’s Popular Pricing Pantry

The big pricing news remains Fox Home Entertainment, which is having a big 50%-Off sci-fi sale - which has in turn precipitated, among other things, some of the lowest season-set prices for “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” and “The X-Files” on record:

Buffy The Vampire Slayer
$19.97 The Complete First Season
$19.97 The Complete Second Season
$19.97 The Complete Third Season
$19.97 The Complete Fourth Season
$19.97 The Complete Fifth Season
$19.97 The Complete Sixth Season
$19.97 The Complete Seventh Season

The X-Files
$24.97 The Complete First Season
$24.97 The Complete Second Season
$24.97 The Complete Third Season
$24.97 The Complete Fourth Season
$24.97 The Complete Fifth Season
$24.97 The Complete Sixth Season
$24.97 The Complete Seventh Season
$24.97 The Complete Eighth Season
$24.97 The Complete Ninth Season

The prices of all ten seasons of “Friends” also appear to have just plummeted to 56% off - an all-time low I think - as of about 10 minutes ago:
$19.96 The Complete First Season
$19.96 The Complete Second Season
$19.96 The Complete Third Season
$19.96 The Complete Fourth Season
$19.96 The Complete Fifth Season
$19.96 The Complete Sixth Season
$19.96 The Complete Seventh Season
$19.96 The Complete Eighth Season
$19.96 The Complete Ninth Season
$19.96 The Complete Tenth Season

The “Seinfeld” sets, meanwhile, also seem to have fallen to new 42%-off lows:
$20.00 The Complete First and Second Seasons
$28.97 The Complete Third Season
$28.97 The Complete Fourth Season
$28.97 The Complete Fifth Season
$28.97 The Complete Sixth Seasons

And if you buy all six seasons at once, they’re a whopping 50% off:
$128.05 Seinfeld: The Complete Seasons 1-6.

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Farscape 4.x Vol. 1
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Stargate SG-1 7.x (slimcase edition)
Stargate SG-1 8.x (slimcase edition)
This is America, Charlie Brown: Complete Miniseries
Waiting For God 1.x
Walker Texas Ranger 1.x
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The Adventures of Superboy 1.x

The Adventures of Superman 3.x/4.x

Justice League 2.x

The King of Queens 5.x

Krypto the Superdog Vol. 1

Lois & Clark 3.x

Look! Up In The Sky!

Married With Children 5.x

The Mary Tyler Moore Show 4.x

NewsRadio 4.x

NYPD Blue 4.x

Superman: The Animated Series 3.x

Superman: Brainiac Attacks!

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Acapulco H.E.A.T. 1.x
Alice: TV Favorites
Civilisation: The Complete Series
Columbo 5.x
Commander-In-Chief Vol. 1
Dr. Quinn: The Movies
Family Affair 1.x
Fear Factor 1.x
Galaxy High School Vol. 1
The Honeymooners: The Color Episodes
Masters of Horror: Deer Woman
Masters of Horror: Sick Girl

Masters of Horror: Sick Girl/Deer Woman
Monk 4.x
Project Runway 2.x
Roseanne 4.x
Slings and Arrows 1.x
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Strangers With Candy: The Complete Series
Tracy Takes On 1.x/2.x
Your Show of Shows: The Best of Sid Caesar

July 4
Charlie's Angels 3.x
Doctor Who 27.x
The Legend of Prince Valiant Vol. 1

July 11
Avatar 1.x Vol. 4
The David Steinberg Show: Best Of
A Different World 2.x
The Ellen Show: The Complete Series
ER 5.X
ER: The Complete First Five Seasons
I Dream of Jeannie 2.x
McCallum
Murder in Suburbia 1.x
Perry Mason 1.x Vol. 1
Reno 911! 3.x
30 Days 1.x
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1.x Vol. 2
Weeds 1.x

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The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.: The Complete Series
Amazing Stories 1.x
Avatar: The Last Airbender 1.x Vol. 4
Carnivale 2.x
The Incredible Hulk 1.x

Jack of All Trades: The Complete Series
Masters of Horror: Homecoming
Masters of Horror: Pick Me Up
The New Adventures of Flash Gordon
The Pee-Wee Herman Show
The Pretender 4.x
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo Vol. 3
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo Vol. 4
Queer Duck: The Movie
Ren & Stimpy: The Lost Episodes
She-Ra: Best Of
SpongeBob SquarePants: Karate Island
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
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