We reported last month that both Ally McBeal and It's Garry Shandling's Show were finally coming to DVD in complete series sets. We had an Oct. 20 release date for Shandling then, and now Ally has a firm street date, too -- Oct. 6.
While Shandling comes from the retro-heads at Shout Factory, Ally arrives from Fox Home Entertainment at a $130 Amazon price point for its 5 seasons totaling 112 episodes.
The full-series Ally box will pack in 32 discs featuring the original music -- often an expensive sticking point or controversial change for TV on DVD. And that's crucial, since songs were a key element of the Boston-lawyer-girl saga featuring on-screen punctuation from club balladeer Vonda Shepard.
Ally also offers tons of extras -- a retrospective featurette with cast/creator, behind-the-scenes TV specials, soundtrack CD, and even a crossover episode with another David E. Kelley series, The Practice ("Axe Murderer").
Fox will also release a 6-disc Season 1 set of Ally McBeal that same date, for just $26 from Amazon.
Shout's package for It's Garry Shandling's Show includes 62 episodes on 16 discs, plus featurettes, outtakes, commentaries and more, for Amazon's $120 pricetag.