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Buyer Beware: Blu-ray sets are NOT uncut.


Seasons One and Two are edited; I'm not sure about the later seasons.

I purchased these specifically because they were promoted as being "presented complete and uncut, newly restored and remastered..." (quoted from the cover of the Blu-ray holder). They are not.

Run-time for these episodes averages 49 minutes, including the opening and closing credits. In the 1970s run-time for a program like this was 52 minutes. These episodes are from the syndication package, which was edited so TV stations could add more commercial time.

I assume NBC, which originally aired this show, had a part in the production of these discs, since their logo appears on the back of the box. Why didn't they use the original source material? It must be in their archives somewhere.

Very disappointing.

Does anyone know where true original-length episodes can be found?

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