And the 1950’s “Dragnet” also needs a Remaster and release. Apparently the show has been out of syndication since 1967 when the color episodes began airing. Also, apparently, Universal has no idea which of the 276 episodes it actually still has the copyright on, since they apparently let the first 100 episodes lapse, then the still have copyright on the next 100, but of the remaining 76, they only have copyright on 7 episodes, but they don’t know which 7. Thus why you keep seeing the same 40-50 episodes on public domain DVD’s (of course those are sourced from 16mm prints sent to TV stations in the 50’s and 60’s and held onto by personnel from those stations, when the stations were throwing out their film, and a lot of the DVD’s rely on Betamax and VHS (and sometime 2nd or 3rd VHS) transfers from those prints that were made from a video chain, and the contrast is low, resulting in neatly washed out video).
