Emergency: Season Three (1972) Review

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(More customer reviews)When it was first announced that Emergency was going to be released on DVD I was very excited. I grew up on this show, and it still holds up well today. In fact, Emergency was the groundbreaker that lead directly to E.R.
I loved watching it again on TV Land, but was disappointed that they used the final season theme/credits for all episodes. It may seem like a trivial thing, but I've always loved the theme song that they used from seasons 3-5. I've been dying to hear that full theme song - with the Jazzy mid section - for over 20 years. I'm still waiting.
Universal chose not to put out the original versions of these episodes, instead using the versions given to TV Land. Now, the episodes that I've seen so far appear to be full length, but I've only watched the first two and scanned through the rest. (Update - it looks like just about all of the episodes are full length.) The decision to go with the versions that have the wrong theme song/credits is perplexing, though.
They dug deep and found the original versions from seasons 1 & 2, why couldn't they do the same with season 3?
The picture and sound quality for the Season 3 Box Set is acceptable, but not as good as seasons 1 & 2 (both of which were flawed in authoring/mastering, but had good source material). What happened? A year wait and this is the best they can do? I know these aren't the biggest sellers Universal has, but they're selling well enough to warrant releasing all seasons, so why not continue to do at least the same quality job that they did with seasons 1 & 2? It makes no sense.
The quality of the episodes of this classic show more than calls for the purchase of this box set, but it is a disappointing release, and I hope that Universal gets it right for Season 4! (Come on guys - ORIGINAL, CORRECT Theme Songs, and better picture & sound quality!)

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