Charmed DVD collections

DVDs

DVDs of Charmed were first released in 2005, after overcoming licensing issues with the commercial songs in individual episodes. The first seven Charmed DVD sets contain no special features in accordance with Paramount's "no extras" policy, and much to the chagrin of both the fans and of Charmed executive producer Brad Kern, who had stated many times that his efforts to persuade Paramount to include some form of extras were unsuccessful. This changed in 2006, when Paramount's television DVD department was taken over by CBS, resulting in a promise that the last Charmed DVD box set would contain bonus material. The special features that were confirmed for Season 8 included three featurettes: "To The Manor Born"; "The Making of Charmed"; and a two part documentary "The Story of Charmed" (which also contains some parts of the unaired pilot) and "Forever Charmed". On the Region 1 DVD set there are cast and crew commentaries on episode 1 (Brad Kern, Kaley Cuco and James Conway), episode 10 (Brad Kern, Brian Krause and Cameron Litvack) and episode 22 (Brad Kern and James Conway). The Region 1 set also includes three Easter eggs (Tape Ball, 100 episodes, and Book of Shadows). In Issue 12 of Charmed magazine, Kern stated that he wanted approximately 90 minutes of extras, and would also have liked to include the unaired pilot (starring Lori Rom as Phoebe Halliwell); however, this encountered legal difficulties. The season 8 DVDs feature a new opening theme, having replaced the song "How Soon is Now?" with an instrumental piece. So far, no explanation has been given for this change.

[edit]Release dates

Country	Season and Date Released 1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8 U.S./ Canada	February 1, 2005	September 6, 2005	November 15, 2005	February 28, 2006	June 6, 2006	October 17, 2006	February 6, 2007	September 11, 2007 UK	June 6, 2005	August 1, 2005	October 3, 2005	November 21, 2005	March 6, 2006	April 3, 2006	June 5, 2006	April 30, 2007 Australia	May 18, 2005	July 21, 2005	September 6, 2005	November 3, 2005	February 16, 2006	April 6, 2006	June 6, 2006	February 13, 2007 New Zealand	June 23, 2005	August 24, 2005	September 22, 2005	November 17, 2005	March 23, 2006	May 16, 2006	June 22, 2006	February 22, 2007 Germany	May 12, 2005	July 7, 2005	September 1, 2005	November 10, 2005	February 6, 2006	April 6, 2006	July 27, 2006	February 1, 2007 France	April 21, 2005	June 16, 2005	September 8, 2005	November 4, 2005	February 2, 2006	April 6, 2006	July 6, 2006	February 15, 2007 Italy	April 20, 2005	June 15, 2005	September 14, 2005	December 1, 2005	February 15, 2006	April 12, 2006	September 20, 2006	February 21, 2007 Sweden/ Norway/ Denmark	April 27, 2005	August 31, 2005	October 26, 2005	January 11, 2006	March 22, 2006	May 25, 2006	July 5, 2006	March 20, 2007 Finland	April 27, 2005	August 31, 2005	October 26, 2005	January 11, 2006	March 22, 2006	May 24, 2006	July 28, 2006	January 28, 2009 The Netherlands	April 4, 2005/ April 22, 2005	June 16, 2005	September 22, 2005	November 24, 2005	February 23, 2006	April 20, 2006	June 22, 2006	February 15, 2007 Spain	May 18, 2005	June 29, 2005	September 28, 2005	November 17, 2005	February 22, 2006	April 19, 2006	July 26, 2006	February 14, 2007 Brazil	June 4, 2005	August 19, 2005	November 8, 2005	January 30, 2005	July 11, 2006	October 3, 2006	December 1, 2006	September 26, 2007 Japan	Part 1 May 27, 2005 Part 2 June 24, 2005 Part 1 August 19, 2005 Part 2 September 22, 2005 Part 1 April 21, 2006 Part 2 May 26, 2006 Part 1 June 23, 2006 Part 2 July 21, 2006