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Those who can’t wait for their TV shows to come to DVD will be excited to learn that Fox Home Entertainment is streeting the first four episodes of “24’s” sixth season the day after they finished airing on the Fox network for about $11. Also streeting today is Space Academy: The Complete Series, CBS’ well-budgeted (well-budgeted for Saturday-morning TV that is) 1977-79 scifi show. It was an “X-Men”-ish affair about a school for superpowered kids. Two of them sported telekinesis, another telepathy, another invisibility. Only the school was located on a 33rd century asteroid instead of Upstate New York. And one of the kids had super kung-fu powers. So now that I think of it, this was actually more like “Legion of the Super-Heroes” than “X-Men.” It starred Jonathan Harris (“Lost in Space”) as the academy’s 300-year-old commander (and spun off the perhaps better-remembered “Jason of Star Command” starring “Star Trek’s” James Doohan). The DVD set boasts all 15 episodes from both seasons, a featurette, two audio commentaries, promos, stills, scripts and the series bible for $22.49.
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Monty Python: The Complete Series 16-Ton Megaset , more than $99 last week, is momentarily down to $64.99. Four seasons of the funniest British TV show ever forged. 45 BBC episodes, plus a couple of rare ones made especially for German television, plus sketches performed live at the Hollywood Bowl, and loads of other extras. Giant blancmanges from another galaxy turning people into Scotsmen are included, as are The Most Disgusting Family In Britain Winners, and the Lumberjack Song, The Funniest Joke In The World, Defending Yourself Against Fruit, The Spanish Inquisition, The Bishop, The Dirty Vicar, The Dirty Fork, The Spam Sketch, The Oscar Wilde Sketch, and of course The Original Dead Parrot Sketch. Worth every penny and quite a few more.

In other post-holiday news, Amazon still has a bunch of Fox/MGM season sets at $20 or less: $19.99 Arrested Development Season One $19.99 Arrested Development Season Two $19.99 Arrested Development Season Three $19.99 The Bob Newhart Show Season One $19.99 The Bob Newhart Show Season Four $19.99 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Three $19.99 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Four $19,99 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Seven $19.99 Dark Angel Season One $19.99 Dark Angel Season Two $19.99 Dead Like Me Season Two $19.99 The Lone Gunmen Season One $19.99 The Magnificent Seven Season One $19.99 Malcolm in the Middle Season One $19.99 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season One $19.99 M*A*S*H Season Two $19.99 M*A*S*H Season Ten $19.99 Millennium Season One $19.99 Over There Season One $19.99 Point Pleasant Season One $19.99 The Pretender Season Four $19.99 The Rat Patrol Season One $19.99 Reba Season Four $19.99 Remington Steele Season One $19.99 Remington Steele Seasons Four & Five $19.99 Roswell Season One $19.99 Roswell Season Two $19.99 Roswell Season Three $19.99 Tru Calling Season One $19.99 Tru Calling Season Two $19.99 The X-Files Season One $19.99 The X-Files Season Two $19.99 The X-Files Season Four $19.99 The Young Riders Season One
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Allo Allo 6.x

Doctor Who 28.x

Doctor Who 27.x/28.x

Father Brown Set One <--- NEW!!

The King of Queens 7.x

The Legend of Prince Valiant Vol. 2

My Hero 1.x

Proof 1.x <--- NEW!!

Rising Damp 3.x <--- NEW!!

The Royle Family 1.x Space Academy: The Complete Series

The Street 1.x <--- NEW!!

24 6.1-6.4 <--- NEW!!
Next Week Avatar: The Last Airbender 2.x Vol. 1 Hopeless Pictures 1.x;; <--- NEW!! Walker: Texas Ranger 2.x The Waltons 4.x The Waltons 1.x-4.x
January 30 Benny Hill: Hill's Angels Vol. 6 <--- NEW!! The Big Valley 2.x Vol. 1 Dallas 6.x I Dream of Jeannie 3.x

Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency 1.x <--- NEW!! Law & Order Special Victims Unit 3.x Lucky Louie 1.x Murder She Wrote 5.x Three's Company: Jack's Favorites
February 6 Anything But Love 1.x/2.x Baywatch Syndicated 3.x Ben 10 1.x Charlie & Lola Vol. 3 Charmed 7.x Mad About You 3.x Masters of Horror: Family Masters of Horror: Pelts Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo
February 13 All in the Family 6.x Beauty and the Beast 1.x Emergency 3.x The Golden Girls 7.x The Hills 1.x Hustle 2.x Men Behaving Badly: The Complete Series Picket Fences 1.x Reno 911! Most Wanted Uncensored Sonic X: 6.x

Zoey 101 1.x <--- NEW!!
February 20

Alias Smith & Jones 1.x

Bullshit! 4.x <--- NEW!! Curious George: Zoo Night Family Ties 1.x Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 2.x Vol. 2 What's New Scooby Doo 1.x
February 27

Captain N: Gamemaster: The Complete Series <--- NEW!! Da Vinci's Inquest 1.x Dog The Bounty Hunter: Best of 3.x The Doris Day Show 4.x The Flip Wilson Show: Best Of <--- NEW!! Ghostbusters Vol. 1 Girlfriends 1.x The Immortal: The Complete Series Magnum, P.I. 6.x The Rockford Files 3.x The State Within: The Complete Series Voltron Vol. 3 Whose Line Is It Anyway U.K. 1.x-2.x <--- NEW!!
March 6 Doctor Who: The Invasion Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends 1.xHawaii Five-0 1.x Moonlighting 5.x

Northern Exposure 6.x Sabrina The Teenage Witch 1.x SNL: The Best of Steve Martin South Park 9.x Stargate Atlantis 2.x
March 13 Baby Looney Tunes Vol. 3 Bosom Buddies 1.x Cool McCool: The Complete Series I Love Lucy 7.x-9.x Loonatics Unleashed 1.x The Pretender: The Movies Robin of Sherwood Vol. 1 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4.x Without A Trace 2.x
March 20

Batman Beyond 3.x Christy: The Complete Series Garfield: Ode To Odie <--- NEW!! JAG 3.x JAG 1.x-3.x The Jeffersons 6.x <--- NEW!!

Justice League Unlimited 2.x Maude 1.x <--- NEW!! McHale's Navy 1.x Miami Vice 3.x <--- NEW!!