Home Media Magazine - October 19-25, 2008 - (Page 6) NEWS 2 www.homemediamagazine.com 3 1 Home Media Magazine’s Thomas K. Arnold and Kristina Kronenberg with Barron Postmus, executive director of TV on DVD marketing for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, who accepted Best of Show for Seinfeld: The Complete Series. ‘SEINFELD’ TAKES TOP TV DVD HONORS By John Latchem 6 T he fifth annual TV DVD Awards were held Oct. 14 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles and presented by Home Media Magazine in cooperation with TVShowsOnDVD.com, DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group and The Hollywood Reporter. Paul Peterson of “The Donna Reed Show” bestowed the Donna Reed Award of Excellence upon his TV sister, Shelley Fabares. The Donna Reed Show: Season 1 debuts Oct. 28 from Arts Alliance America. HM presented Donna Reed’s real-life family with the Honorary Entertainment Award, for all the contributions the late actress made to the world of television. Best of Show Seinfeld: The Complete Series Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Best 2000s Series Lost: Season 3 Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Best 1990s Series My So-Called Life: The Complete Series Shout! Factory Best 1970s/1980s Series Sesame Street Old School Vol. 2 (1974-1979) Genius Products 1950s/1960s Series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. — The Complete Series Time Life Best Animated Series Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Best Kidvid TV DVD The Care Bears: 25th Anniversary Gift Set Lionsgate Best Reality Show Cops: 20th Anniversary Edition 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Best Miniseries/Made-for-TV Movie John Adams HBO Home Entertainment Best International TV DVD Torchwood: Season 1 BBC Video Best TV Documentary Ken Burns’ and Lynn Novick’s The War Paramount Home Entertainment/PBS Best Extras Twin Peaks: The Gold Box Edition Paramount Home Entertainment/CBS Best Complete-Series Set Seinfeld: The Complete Series Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Best TV on Blu-ray Heroes: Season 1 Universal Studios Home Entertainment 4 5 9 7 8 10 12 11 13 I N F O C U S: F I F T H AN N UA L T V DV D AWA R D S Veteran actor William Katt was in attendance as a guest presenter to help bestow Best 1970s1980s Series honors. Carlton Cuse, writer and executive producer of “Lost,” opened the evening’s presentation as the keynote speaker. (L-R): Cuse, HM’s Kristina Kronenberg and Thomas K. Arnold. Actor Brandon Cruz from “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father.” Ted Sarandos of Netflix with Amy Jo Smith of DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group during the cocktail reception. Tony and Mary Owen (center), Donna Reed’s real-life children, accepted a special Honorary Entertainment Award on behalf of the late actress. 1 The two are flanked by Home Media Magazine’s Stephanie Prange and Thomas K. Arnold. (L-R): TV Shows on DVD’s Gord Lacey, Mac McLean from Click Communications and Tom Chen from Shout! Factory during the cocktail reception. Actor Brian Part from “Little House the Prairie” and his guest. The team from Paramount Home Entertainment and CBS joined Arnold and Kronenberg on stage to accept the Best Extras award for Twin Peaks: The Gold Box Edition. (L-R): Lorrie Shapiro, Shout! Factory’s VP of DVDs; Arnold; Kronenberg; and Brian Ward, DVD producer for Shout! Factory, which received Best 1990s Series for My So-Called Life: The Complete Series. 6 2 10 (L-R): Evelyn Shih, senior brand manager for 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment; Arnold; Meredith Sax, DVD development, 20th Century Fox; and Kronenberg. Fox won the award for Best Animated TV DVD for Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest. 11 William Katt is flanked by Dean Bender and Melissa Romley of Bender/Helper Impact, who accepted the award for Best 1970s-1980s Series on behalf of Genius Products. 12 Veteran TV actor Darby Hinton, who played Israel Boone in the TV series Daniel Boone. Joe Amodei of Arts Alliance America, with Paul Petersen (background), who helped bring out the evening’s stars and celebrity guests. – Photos: Heather Kincaid 7 3 8 4 9 13 5 6 Home Media Magazine October 19–25, 2008 http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://www.TVShowsOnDVD.com
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