During the mid-eighties, soap operas were huge on primetime TV, CBS launched
Beauty and the Beast to compliment their Dallas / Falcon
Crest blockbuster Friday night lineup. The show never really caught
on in the ratings but did attract a loyal cult following and garnered
much critical acclaim.
After two years on Friday nights, the network moved the show to Wednesdays
and retooled the production leading to this shortened season. For this
season (1989-90), the network made a conscious decision to attract more
male viewers so the romance took a back seat to more violent storylines.
This was the season where series star Linda Hamilton left the series
and the show suffers because of it; still many fans believe this was the
best year. The season starts with a powerful two-part episode that turns
the series on its heel, killing off the show's love interest and spirits
along until the coming to a final resolution in the last episode.
True fans of the show will want to complete the collection, feeling that
even a lesser Beauty and the Beast is better than none. You get
all 12 episodes including the 2-hour season premiere on 3 DVDs.
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Language: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 3
Rating
Studio: Paramount
DVD Release Date: February 5, 2008
Run Time: 543 minutes
Plot Outline: A New
York attorney and his wife try to live as genteel farmers in the bizarre
community of Hooterville.
Plot Synopsis: Manhattan
lawyer Douglas drags his protesting socialite wife and her finery
to the rural backwash of a rundown farm outside Hooterville. They
attempt to get the farm fixed up. Farmer Fred Ziffel's pig Arnold
watches TV and is in many ways smarter than the Hootervillians.
