If You Watch TV With Your Gran...
Someone at HBO Video thinks you're not getting enough Everybody Loves Raymond from its ubiquitous reruns. They've repackaged all nine individually available seasons under one roof — literally, the case resembles the Barones' house — in Everybody Loves Raymond: The Complete Series. The DVDs have no new extras, but you do get a collectable miniature-sized script ''signed'' by producers. The King of Queens: The Complete Series also contains previously released syndicated episodes and a teeny-tiny booklet stuffed in a ridiculous box — it looks like Kevin James' green delivery van — though it does flaunt an exclusive bonus disc with a writers' doc and a show retrospective.
Northern Exposure, on the other hand, has been near impossible to catch on TV these last few years. Universal digitally remastered every season of the sweet Alaska-set dramedy — which starred Numb3rs' Rob Morrow and Sex and the City's John Corbett — for its Complete Series (Nov. 13). They also added never-before-seen footage and fresh extras, then tucked the discs in a totally usable fleece-lined faux-suede messenger bag bearing the show's insignia and rad iconic moose.
If You Miss Last Year...
...when a couple of your favorite shows were still knocking about: For The O.C.: The Complete Series (Nov. 27), Warner remastered the first season in widescreen and threw in new special features, like an intro from creator Josh Schwartz. This sleek package — and we were hoping the DVDs would be inside Captain Oats — also has limited edition extras previously found on only select Season 3 and 4 packs, such as a ''Women of The O.C. '' featurette and the Atomic County webisodes.
Just in case you can't keep up with Lorelai and Rory's witty pop culture repartée, Gilmore Girls: The Complete Series (Nov. 13) offers a 60-page ''Gilmorism'' guide that defines references like ''Officer Krupke'' and ''Fred Mertz.'' The dictionary and all seven years of the mother-daughter series are wedged into a padded vinyl doll box. Cute, but somehow we doubt the show's feminist fans would approve.
