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For people who like crime dramas not airing on CBS: Life: Season One

Airing on NBC, the same network as that wonderful bit of comedy, The Office (sorry, but I couldn't resist), Life is a drama series starring Damian Lewis as Charlie Crews, a detective who gets released from prison after spending a dozen years in jail for a crime he did not commit.

And like anything else on television last season, the series' season was just a brief 11 episodes due to that pesky writers strike. So, because viewers haven't seen anything related to Life since the December finale, producers aim to re-launch the series with the second season premiere, effectively dubbing it the show's new pilot episode. It all starts up September 29th.

Disc includes: Audio commentaries, deleted scenes, blooper reel, Life Begins featurette, Fruits of Life featurette, Still Life featurette, Life's Questions Answered featurette

For people who have a thing for modern-day Biblical figures: Eli Stone: The Complete First Season

Rounding out this week's guide on how to spend your DVD money is another newbie television show, ABC's Eli Stone, which saw a spike in total viewers during its debut evening when it snagged the cozy timeslot following ratings juggernaut, Lost. The drama, set in a law firm, follows a 30-something lawyer whose inoperable brain aneurysm has enabled him to see out-of-this-world visions and uber-realistic hallucinations, bringing into question whether Eli is in fact a modern-day prophet.

But its semi-successful spring run didn't play out without its share of controversy. The pilot focuses on the hypothesis that autism is caused by a mercury-based preservative previously infused in youth vaccines. Yet the hypothesis isn't backed by a lick of science. You know how stories like this one made headlines earlier this year? This is probably where it all began. Season two starts October 14th.

Disc includes: Extended pilot episode, Acting on Faith: Eli & George Michael featurette, Turning a Prophet: The Creation of Eli Stone featurette, Creating Visions: The Effects of Eli Stone featurette, Inside the Firm: The Natasha Henstridge Tour featurette, deleted scenes, bloopers

September 2, 2008

80 Minutes (Not Rated)
AC/DC: In Performance (Not Rated)
America's Wildlife Survivors Deluxe Box Set (Not Rated)
America: Live (Not Rated)
Around the World in 80 Treasures (Not Rated)
Bait Shop (PG)
Baki The Grappler Seasons 1 & 2 (Not Rated)
Ballet Shoes (PG)
Batman Beyond: Return Of The Joker / Mystery Of Ba (PG)
The Beatles: Videobiography (Not Rated)
Before I Forget (Not Rated)
Behind The Mask: Story of the People Who Risk (Not Rated)
Beyond Belief (Not Rated)
The Big Bang Theory: The Complete First Season (Not Rated)
The Blue Elephant (PG)
Bowling For Soup: Live & Very Attractive (Not Rated)
The Boys In Company C (R)
Cannibal (R)
Cat Stevens: Tea For The Tillerman Live (Not Rated)
Cheers: The Tenth Season (Not Rated)
The Chosen One (Not Rated)
Deceptors (Not Rated)
Desperately Seeking Paul McCartney (Not Rated)
Desperate Housewives: The Complete Fourth Season
Devil's Dominoes (Not Rated)
Do or Die (R)
Doctor Who: The Invasion Of Time (Not Rated)
Double Vision In Vision (Not Rated)
Dr. Who: Invisible Enemy: #93 / K9 Company: Girl's (Not Rated)
Empire Records / Singles (Not Rated)
Engine Down: From Beginning to End (Not Rated)
The Forsaken Land (Not Rated)
The Genius Club (PG)
Ghost Hunters: Live From The Waverley Sanitorium (Not Rated)
Ghost Whisperer: Seasons 1-3 (Not Rated)
Ghost Whisperer: The Third Season (Not Rated)
Gleam (Not Rated)
Glitter & Queer 2 (Not Rated)
Hidden Secrets (Not Rated)
Honey West: The Complete Series (Not Rated)
How to Rob a Bank
Kings (Not Rated)
Kraftwerk And The Electronic Revolution (Not Rated)
Lagerfeld Confidential (Not Rated)
Layover
Led Zeppelin: Total Rock Review (Not Rated)
Little People, Big World: Season 2, Volume 1 (Not Rated)
Living with Ed: Season 2 (Not Rated)
Lucky Star Volume 3 (Not Rated)
Metallica: Blitzkrieg Overdrive (Not Rated)
Monster Camp (Not Rated)
The Morgue (R)
The Nature of Reality (Not Rated)
Next Avengers: Heroes Of Tomorrow (PG)
Nirvana: Up Close & Personal (Not Rated)
The Office: Seasons 1-4 Ultimate Package (Not Rated)
Pink Floyd: Early Pink Floyd Review & Critique (Not Rated)
Ricky Nelson: Greatest Hits (Not Rated)
Saturn In Opposition (Not Rated)
The Sensation of Sight (R)
Shoot 'Em Up (Not Rated)
Skeleton Key 2 (Not Rated)
Startup Junkies (Not Rated)
Storm Over Everest (Not Rated)
Supernatural: Seasons 1-3 (Not Rated)
Supernatural: The Complete Third Season (Not Rated)
Tarzeena (Not Rated)
Touched (Not Rated)
Treasure Island (Not Rated)
Up & Above (Not Rated)
Waitin' To Live (Not Rated)
Watch Me (Not Rated)
Water Lilies (Not Rated)
Workingman's Death (Not Rated)
Yes: Director's Cut (Not Rated)

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