Here are ABC Studios’ DVD/BD Releases This Year

Walt Disney ABC Studios has detailed its Australian home video DVD/BD releases for the rest of 2013, with a few offerings that fans of trending TV shows might want to pick up. From Grey’s Anatomy to Criminal Minds, check out the full list below to see if anything catches your eye!

Grey’s Anatomy (Season 9)

• Release Date: 2 October 2013
  
• SKUS & RRP: DVD $69.95
  
• Classification: MA
  
• Running Time: Approx. 1,032 minutes, 24 Episodes
  
• Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Eric Dane, Sara Ramirez
  
• Creator: Shonda Rhimes

It’s a year of bold new beginnings as your favourite doctors return to Seattle Grace for the biggest challenge of their lives. Experience every breathtaking moment with all 24 episodes of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy: The Complete Ninth Season. Check out our Season 9 wrap-up.

Revenge (Season 2)

• Release Date: 2 October 2013
  
• SKUS & RRP: DVD $69.95
  
• Classification: M
  
• Running Time: Approx. 946 Minutes, 22 Episodes
  
• Cast: Emily Van Camp, Madeline Stowe, Joshua Bowman, Nick Wechsler
  
• Creator: Mike Kelley

Emily Thorne returns to the Hamptons with a vengeance. Her enemies may be the same, but her mission now takes on a new, suspenseful twist.  Feel the power of television’s most seductive series, as the action and the passion hit new heights in all 22 episodes of Revenge: The Complete Second Season on DVD. Check out our Season 1 review.

Once Upon A Time (Season 2)

• Release Date: 16 October 2013
• SKUS & RRP: DVD $69.95 & BD $84.95
• Classification: PG
• Running Time: Approx. 946 Minutes, 22 Episodes
• Cast: Robert Carlyle, Josh Dallas, Emile De Ravin, Jared Gilmore, Ginnifer Goodwin
• Creator: Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz

Relive every thrilling moment of the fairy tale-inspired series when “Once Upon a Time: The Complete Second Season” casts its tantalizing spell onto Blu-ray/DVD. The curse is broken, magic has arrived, and there’s no telling what – or who – will be unleashed! Now the exiled fairy tale characters must grapple with a flood of awakened memories as they come to grips with their new “reality.” Old loyalties will be tested, new heroes will emerge, and vengeful villains will wreak havoc.

Scandal (Season 1)

• Release Date: 16 October 2013
• SKUS & RRP: DVD $39.95
• Classification: M
• Running Time: Approx. 301 Minutes, 7 Episodes
• Cast: Kerry Washington, Henry Ian Cusick, Guillermo Diaz, Tony Goldwyn
• Creator: Shonda Rhimes

From the creator and executive producers of Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice comes a drama revolving around the life and work of a professional crisis manager and her dysfunctional staff. A former media relations consultant to the President, Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) dedicates her life to protecting and defending the public images of our nation’s elite. After leaving the White House, the power consultant opened her own firm, hoping to start a new chapter – both professionally and personally – but she can’t seem to completely cut ties with her past.

Castle (Season 5)

• Release Date: 6 November 2013
• SKUS & RRP: DVD $69.95
• Classification: TBC
• Running Time: Approx. 989 Minutes, 23 Episodes
• Cast: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Seamus Dever, Jon Huertas, Tamala Jones
• Creator: Andrew W Marlowe

Together at last! After four seasons of sparring and heated banter, TV’s dynamic crime-solving team finds romance in ABC’s Castle: The Complete Fifth Season. Relive all 23 unforgettable episodes, complete with never-before-seen bonus features only available on DVD, in this spectacular six-disc set.

Private Practice (Season 6)

• Release Date: 6 November 2013
• SKUS & RRP: DVD $39.95
• Classification: MA
• Running Time: Approx. 559 Minutes, 13 Episodes
  Cast: Kate Walsh, Amy renneman, Taye Digs, KaDee Strickland
• Creator: Shonda Rhimes

Prepare yourself for the stunning “no holds barred” final season of television’s most seductive medical drama from Shonda Rhimes, the creator of Grey’s Anatomy. Feel the passion and relive the heartbreaking moments from every episode of ABC’s Private Practice: The Complete Sixth Season.

Criminal Minds (Season 8)

• Release Date: 4 December 2013
• SKUS & RRP: DVD $69.95
• Classification: TBC
• Running Time: Approx. 1,032 Minutes, 24 Episodes
• Cast: Joe Mantegna, Shermar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness
• Creator: Jeff Davis

Synopsis Forthcoming

There’s something mysteriously enticing about a “forthcoming synopsis”, isn’t there? Let us know if any of you TV-aficionados are grabbing any of these this year.