Mysteries on TV, your source for the most complete selection of detective, amateur sleuth, private investigator, and suspense television mystery series now available or coming soon to DVD, is profiling three series that have season DVDs being released this week.
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Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord), Danny "Danno" Williams (James MacArthur), and the rest of the Five-O squad are back in action in Hawaii Five-O.
Saboteurs, revolutionaries, vigilantes, and the diabolical villain Wo Fat (Khigh Dhiegh) are just a few of the dangers McGarrett and his team face this season as they mete out square-jawed justice and protect the Hawaiian peace.
Filmed entirely on location, the Hawaii Five-O: Season Seven DVD set of 6 discs contain the 24 episodes that aired on CBS from September 1974 through March 1975.
Fans of the series will be delighted to hear that CBS has ordered a pilot for an updated version of Hawaii Five-O. We'll continue to report any updated information we receive.
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Numb3rs is a drama about an FBI agent, Don Eppes (Rob Morrow), who recruits his mathematical-genius brother Charlie (David Krumholtz) to help the FBI solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles. The two brothers take on the most confounding criminal cases from a very distinctive perspective. Inspired by actual events, the series depicts how the confluence of police work and mathematics provides unexpected revelations and answers to the most perplexing criminal questions.
The series also stars Judd Hirsch as their father, happy to see his sons working together even though he doesn't understand the intricacies of what Charlie does for a living.
The Numb3rs: Season Five DVD set of 6 discs contain the 23 episodes that aired on CBS from October 2008 through May 2009.
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The 70s are back in the popular series Vega$. Handsome, fun loving, private eye Dan Tanna (Robert Urich) drives around Las Vegas in his vintage Thunderbird solving private cases but is also on retainer to a wealthy casino owner Philip Roth (Tony Curtis) to keep crime out of his hotels.
He is helped by his smart and sexy assistant Bea Travis (Phyllis Davis), a sexy and not too smart chorus girl who takes messages for him, and his enthusiastic, yet inept, legman Bobby Binzer (Bart Braverman). Greg Morris (Mission: Impossible) played Lt. David Nelson of the LVPD.
The Vega$: Season One (V1) DVD set of 3 discs contain the first 11 episodes of the 1978/1979 television season that aired on ABC.
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