TVPast Forums - Rights kills another DVD release

You know hollywood sure is not giving us any reasons to stop doing what we do, you would think that all this stuff would not be that hard but I guess money speaks loudly:

The Mamas Family S1 DVD set is using the syndicated (edited) episodes and WB claimed it was because they did not own it, tvshowsondvd investigated and found out they were telling the truth

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6499

EXCLUSIVE NEWS - WE EMAILED JOE HAMILTON PRODUCTIONS:
Many fans felt angered by the release of the syndicated episodes being used on the "Complete" First Season of Mama's Family on DVD. Warner Brothers issued a statement as a response to this:

Thank you for interest in Mama's Family: The Complete First Season on DVD. As you may be aware, the episodes featured on the DVD are the syndicated versions. Warner Home Video always strives to provide original content whenever possible, however, in this instance, Warner Bros. does not own the rights to the original uncut episodes. We apologize for any confusion this may have created and we appreciate your continued support of Warner Home Video products.

There are many people are wondering, who owns the rights to the uncut episodes? We emailed President John Hamilton of Joe Hamilton Productions, son of Joe Hamilton. This was our email:

This email is about the recent release of Mama's Family: The Complete First Season on DVD, I was wondering if you know who owns the original copy's of Mama's Family episodes? Many fans were very dissapointed about the fact that the episodes that were released were syndicated cuts and not the original NBC Network episodes that showed the Alistar Quince sequence, as well as the orignal openings.

Warner Brothers released a statement on the DVD release and they have stated that they do not own the original episodes to Mama's Family, do you know what studio owns the original uncut episodes of Mama's Family? Thanks for your time, looking forward to hearing from you!

Within hours of sending this email we recieved a response from John Hamilton himself. Here is the exact word for word in what he stated:

Good morning webmaster,

I own the original episodes however, I don't believe I am allowed to release them under our agreement with Warner Bros.

There you have it, we now know that Joe Hamilton Productions Inc. own the original uncut episodes and not Lorimar, Telepictures, and Warner Brothers. If there are any other questions regarding this issue that you would like to ask, please email us and we will be happy to forward all questions to John Hamilton and post them here on our site. Please email us with the address provided near the top of the page with the subject line of JHP Mama's Family.