DVD AWARDS GIVE BOX SETS THEIR DUE.Byline: Greg Hernandez Staff Writer CENTURY CITY - At the first-ever TV DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. Awards, the complete fourth season of ``The Simpsons'' was voted best animated series and best 1990s series by more than 10,000 Internet voters. The awards, held Tuesday night at the Century Plaza Hotel The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel forming a sweeping crescent design fronting the spectacular fountains on Avenue of the Stars adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers. , were established by Video Store Magazine to recognize achievements in the DVD release of television series. ``I Love Lucy I Love Lucy is a television situation comedy, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, also featuring Vivian Vance and William Frawley. The series originally ran from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, on CBS (181 episodes, including the "lost" Christmas episode and original : The Complete Second Season'' was voted the best 1950s series, an award accepted by Greg Oppenheimer, who produced the set for Paramount Home Video. ``This is a real labor of love for me,'' said Oppenheimer, whose father, Jess Oppenheimer Jess Oppenheimer, principal writer for Lucille Ball, was born on November 11, 1913 in San Francisco, California. Oppenheimer was a subject of Stanford University researcher Lewis Terman's studies of gifted children. , was producer of the ever-popular sitcom. ``It basically involved raiding my mother's basement.'' The DVD award comes more than 50 years after the 1951 debut of ``I Love Lucy'' which has lived on, nonstop, in reruns and later on home video since it ended its original network run in 1960. During a brief acceptance speech, Oppenheimer cracked, ``With a few more awards like this, this show might have a future.'' The DVD set of ``24: Season Two,'' distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, was voted best series released in the current decade, and a featurette on the disc won the best special feature award. Other winners included Paramount Home Entertainment's ``Star Trek  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. : The Original Series - Season One'' for best 1960s
series; Universal Studios Home Video's ``Battlestar Gallactica: The
Complete Epic Series'' for best 1970s series; and A&E Home
Video's ``The Kids in the Hall: Complete Season One'' for
best 1980s series.
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The final award at the event, which was co-hosted by singer Tony Orlando and Video Store Magazine publisher Don Rosenberg, was given to Image Entertainment and producer Paul Brownstein, who received the ``Best in Show'' honor from a judging panel for their five complete-season sets of ``The Dick Van Dyke  This page is protected from moves until disputes have been resolved on the .The reason for its protection is listed on the protection policy page. Show.'' Orlando reunited with former singing partners Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson Joyce Vincent Wilson is an American singer most famous for being one-third of the group Tony Orlando and Dawn. As an original member to the 1970s group, who later had their own successful TV show, she was featured on hits like "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)", "Tie a Yellow for a spirited set of songs, including such hits as ``Tie a Tellow Ribbon,'' ``Knock Three Times,'' and ``He Don't Love You.'' The trio were present to create some excitement for an upcoming DVD set of their popular 1970s variety program ``The Tony Orlando and Dawn Tony Orlando and Dawn (originally known as Dawn, and later as Dawn featuring Tony Orlando) was a pop music group that was very popular in the 1970s. Their signature hits were "Candida", "Knock Three Times","Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree", and "He Don't Show,'' to be released by R2 Entertainment. Earlier in the day, ``The Dick Van Dyke Show'' creator and writer Carl Reiner received the TV DVD Lifetime Achievement Award, along with a standing ovation, drawing big laughs during an off-the-cuff acceptance speech. ``It's beyond imagination,'' Reiner said of the DVD craze. ``I've been made immortal.'' Greg Hernandez, (818) 713-3758 greg.hernandez(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Online voters honored Season Four of ``The Simpsons'' in a competition established by Video Store Magazine. |
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