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Judging by the Nielsen ratings Lifetime is raking in for Army Wives in its second season, this show has found its audience. It actually started last spring when Army Wives was a national surprise -- to everyone in the business outside of Lifetime, which picked up the show when ABC passed.

It's still amazing to think that ABC had a chance to put this show in their schedule and let it get away. Their loss is Lifetime's gain -- and they're feasting on it.

If you missed the first season of Army Wives, and didn't get into the show until the fifth episode -- like me -- then you'll be glad to know that Army Wives: The Complete First Season is now available on DVD. It's a great set, too, with some very nice bonus features and quality commentaries.

"Reserve lots of money for Christmas, 2008."

That's the word from HBO Home Video head Henry McGee, speaking at the DVD and Beyond industry conference. He's talking about a Sopranos complete set. TVShowsOnDVD.com verified the info with McGee, and says it will be an expensive set. Though I wonder what they mean by expensive, since TV fans are used to paying $150-300 for complete sets.

Maybe the set will have commentary by David Chase on that series finale, or maybe deleted scenes or other info that will give more closure (for you fans who need that). Or maybe they'll be more of that black scene, which Chase wanted to last 20 seconds longer than it did (HBO talked him out of it).

Congratulations to Pete, Jen, Jim, Miranda and Peter on each winning a copy of the That '70s Show Season Six DVD set in our last giveaway.

For our next giveaway, we're giving out five copies of the Kitchen Confidential Complete Series DVD set! We'll give one copy away to five randomly chosen commenters to this post. Just post a comment below stating your favorite episode of the entire series. We'll randomly choose five winning entries from all eligible comments.

Some basic rules and clarifications:

- To enter, leave a confirmed comment below stating what your favorite restaurant from a television show is. What restaurant you mention makes absolutely no difference, as long as it's one featured on TV.
- The comment must be left before May 25, 2007 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time.
- You can only enter once.
- The winning entry will be chosen completely at random.

And now we present you with the legalities of the contest. (Read them. Please.)

Mystery Science Theater 3000 is, without a doubt, my favorite television series ever. It's also a show that owes some debt to its fans. It premiered on Comedy Central (actually, it debuted when "Comedy Central" was still called "The Comedy Channel") when that network was still drifting unnoticed through the cable landscape. It was fans who recorded every episode and sent them around that helped to spread word of the show and keep it on the air for ten years, which isn't too shabby for a weird little puppet show shot in Minneapolis. While securing rights to all the movies riffed on the show makes it impossible for full seasons to be released, Rhino has been doing a great job puting together "best of" sets of the series, and the tenth volume comes out on August 29. Episodes will include Godzilla vs. Megalon; Swamp Diamonds; The Giant Spider Invaision; and Teenage Strangler. The set will also include songs and outtakes. Information comes from MST3k Info.