Hi,
Alas this excellent US drama show, from the mid-to-late 1990's did better over here in the UK, than in the USA!
"Murder One" Season 1 lasted 23 episodes, and I still have the final 3 parts on VHS tape, when BBC2 aired all three together, right in the middle of the OJ Simpson court trial! (Anyone remember that, then?!)
"Murder One" Season 2 was not as good. Rather than telling just one single story, followed three individual stories at the same time. The loss of Daniel Benzali, was difficult to take, and although Anthony LaPaglia's a great actor, he just couldn't quite pull-off the hard-nosed head-lawyer character like Daniel Benzali could.
Sadly, no DVD's or VHS releases ever came to fruition, either here or in the USA. And, as far as I know, it's unlikely too, unless someone can persuade Fox to do a UK-R2 release. It simply wouldn't sell enough units in the USA, I don't think.
As for re-showings, both Season 1 and 2, have only ever been shown once on BBC2. When BBC Choice first started transmitting, they did repeat Season 1, and eventually when Choice became BBC3, they aired Season 2 as well. Sadly, despite repeated requests, including several from myself, they simply don't own the rights any longer to air it. Ditto for Sky 1 who only aired Season 1 anyway, where it wasn't quite as popular, mainly because of lousy publicity and promotion!
I guess all you can do now, is keep visiting...
www.tvshowsondvd.com
... and hope that someone, somewhere does get Season 1 released at some point in the future. (I'm not so bothered about Season 2, but Season 1 would be awesome!)
Alas it doesn't look too good for now! According to this
link the rights to the show appear to be in limbo!
If you would like to see the show released, may I suggest registering with TVShowsOnDVD, and then voting for the show to be released?
Alternatively, the series was distributed by Fox - you could always email them at:
[email protected]
and see if we could get an R1 or R2 release on DVD. There still seems to be a lot of interest in the show, and it was certainly a one-of-a-kind, genre-defining series!
Pooch