'Seinfeld' Nabs Top Honors at 2006 TV DVD Awards

'Seinfeld' Nabs Top Honors at 2006 TV DVD Awards

Jack Klugman, Robert Conrad Get Lifetime Achievement Awards

SANTA ANA, Calif., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's season five and six TV DVD sets of "Seinfeld" won top honors at the third annual TV DVD Awards, presented Wednesday night at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, Calif.

The collections won the coveted Best of Show award, with judges praising bonus materials such as the cast commentaries, deleted scenes and "Sein-Imation" takes on various scenes from the show.

Jack Klugman, star of "The Odd Couple," and Robert Conrad, of "Wild Wild West" fame, were honored with the third annual TV DVD Lifetime Achievement Award.

The awards were part of Home Media Retailing's TV DVD 4: Future Channels Conference, a two-day business-to-business conference featuring top studio and broadcast executives, DVD producers, classic TV stars and members of the media. The event was co-sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter, DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group and the Entertainment Merchants Association.

Other TV DVD Award winners, in 15 categories selected by consumers through a month-long online vote:

Best 2000s Series: "Lost - The Complete First Season," Buena Vista Home
Entertainment

Best 1990s Series: "Seinfeld - Season 5" and "Seinfeld - Season 6," Sony
Pictures Home Entertainment

Best 1980s Series: "Remington Steele - Seasons 4 and 5," 20th Century Fox
Home Entertainment

Best 1970s Series: "The Bob Newhart Show - The Complete Second Season,"
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Best 1960s Series: "The Munsters - The Complete Second Season," Universal
Studios Home Entertainment

Best 1950s Series: "Adventures of Superman - The Complete First Season,"
Warner Home Video

Best Animated Series: "The Simpsons - The Complete Seventh Season," 20th
Century Fox Home Entertainment

Best Children's Series: "Dinosaurs - The Complete First and Second
Seasons," Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Best Reality Series: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," Buena Vista Home
Entertainment

Best Variety Series: "Project Runway - The Complete Second Season," Genius
Products

Best One-Season Wonder: "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. - The
Complete Series," Warner Home Video

Best Miniseries/Made-for-TV Movie: "From the Earth to the Moon," HBO Video

Best British TV Series: "Doctor Who - The Complete First Season,"
BBC Video

Best TV Documentary: "Ken Burns: American Lives," PBS/Paramount Home
Entertainment

Best Bonus Materials: "Lost - The Complete First Season," Buena Vista Home
Entertainment

A panel of top DVD critics and journalists nominated three titles in each category from among nearly 140 studio submissions of titles released between Sept. 1, 2005, and Aug. 31, 2006.

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