Buffy The Vampire Slayer

The other news today is that Video Store magazine has officially announced the nominees for the first ever TV DVD Awards. Three nominees were chosen in each of twelve categories (from over 150 entries), by a panel of experts that included myself, USA Today’s Mike Snider, veteran home video journalist Bruce Apar, TV Shows on DVD.com’s Gord Lacey and DVD Talk’s Geoffrey Kleinman. Here’s the cool part - YOU guys get to pick the winners! You can visit either Video Store’s website or TV Shows on DVD.com to make your picks. The winners will be announced Oct. 19 during the second annual TV DVD Conference in Century City, CA. Here’s the list of nominees:

Best Special Feature - 24: Season Two: Exposed Part One & Part Two featurette, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Sixth Season: Once More with Feeling featurette, The X-Files: The Complete Ninth Season: The Making of the Truth documentary

Best 1950s Series - Have Gun With Travel: The Complete First Season, The Honeymooners: The "Classic 39" Episodes, I Love Lucy: The Complete Second Season

Best 1960s Series - The Dick Van Dyke Show (complete series), Here’s Lucy: Best-Loved Episodes, Star Trek: The Original Series Season One

Best 1970s Series - Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Epic Series, The Richard Pryor Show, Sonny & Cher: The Ultimate Collection

Best 1980s Series - The Kids in the Hall: Complete Season One, SCTV Network 90/Volume One, Sledge Hammer! Season One

Best 1990s Series - Freaks & Geeks: The Complete Series, The Simpsons: Complete Fourth Season, West Wing: The Complete First Season

Best 2000s Series - 24: Season Two, Alias: The Complete Second Season, The Sopranos: The Complete Fourth Season

Best Animated Series - Looney Tunes Golden Collection, The Simpsons: Complete Fourth Season, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete First Season

Best British TV Release - MI-5: Volume One, The Office, Pennies From Heaven

Best Compilation - The Jack Paar Collection, The Ultimate Johnny Carson Collection, Unsolved Mysteries

Best Made-for-TV Documentary - Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, How’s Your News?, The World at War

Best Miniseries or TV Movie - The Reagans, Shogun, The Winds of War