Expert: NewsRadio - 6/22/2004

Question
What's the story on the Newsradio DVD set?

The last I heard, it had been delayed.

Also, I keep hearing about a "NewsRadio Newsletter"...How can I sign up for that?


Thanks,
--Brandon Acree

Answer
First of all, you can subscribe to the NewsRadio Newsletter mailing list by sending a blank e-mail to newsradionewsletter-subscribe@topica.com.  You'll receive an e-mail asking you to confirm, and once you've done that, you'll receive occasional updates about the cast and crew and other miscellany about the show.

As for the DVDs, the commentary tracks have been recorded.  Here's an excerpt about that from a recent Newsletter update:


I know you're all wanting an update on the forthcoming NewsRadio DVD  release, and while I don't have a release date for you, I can tell you that 20 episode commentaries for the set have been completed with a mix and match of participants, including Paul Simms, Dave Foley, Stephen
Root, Maura Tierney, Andy Dick, Vicki Lewis, Joe Rogan, Khandi Alexander, Josh Lieb, Brad Issacs, Joe Furey, Lew Morton, Brian Kelley, Julie Bean, Kent Zbornak, Tom Cherones, Brad Grey, and yes, former NBC President Warren Littlefield.

Kent Zbornak, one of NewsRadio's producers, had the job of coordinating it all, and the show's erstwhile script supervisor, Robert Spina, sat in on the sessions and took photos.

Paul Simms has promised some additional musings on the recording of the commenataries, but right now he'll say, "In short? It was incredibly fun."

An anonymous member of the NewsRadio team adds, "It was a reunion and a revisiting in the purest sense. The commentary was funny and twisted, just like the show itself."

More on the DVDs as I get it...