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The outrageous sitcom Wings is back for Season 7 (1995-96), with brothers Joe (Tim Daly) and Brian Hackett (Steven Weber) of Sandpiper Air and their friends and co-workers of Tom Nevers Field. This season, Joe and Helen (Crystal Bernard) enjoy wedded bliss, but not for long, as Brian and Casey (Amy Yasbeck) burn down Helen's house, and the two couples have to live together. Plus, Roy (David Schramm) meets his son's new boyfriend; Fay (Rebecca Schull) announces she's getting hitched; and cabdriver Antonio (Tony Shalhoub) looks for love in all the wrong places when he unknowingly dates a hooker. This four-disc set includes all 26 Season 7 episodes that originally aired on NBC.

Picking up where season nine left off, the tenth season of Cheers began with Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley) reluctantly agreeing to be the mother of Sam Malone's (Ted Danson) child. Romance did not enter into the picture: Both Rebecca and Sam were responding to the incessant ticking of their respective biological clocks. Ultimately, the consummation never came off, and the two agreed to stay friends, and friends only. Having spent several seasons as a recurring character, Lilith Sternin-Crane (played by Emmy-winner Bebe Neuwirth) was elevated to "also starring" status, although she still did not appear in every episode. Meanwhile, Lilith's husband, Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer), finally grew the beard that would remain his trademark until the series finally breathed its last. Season ten concluded with the series' first hour-long episode, in which Woody Boyd (Woody Harrelson) and Kelly Gaines (Jackie Swanson) were married. The event was deemed worthy of a TV Guide cover -- and it certainly did not disappoint, filled as it was with such last-minute complications as a dead minister and a gun-wielding jealous husband. Having attained the number one slot during its previous season, Cheers dropped back to fourth place, tied with ABC's Home Improvement. For the first time since the series debuted in 1982, Cheers was not honored with an Emmy, although it earned eight nominations. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Sure it would be great to have it all, but at what price? For Vince, Eric, Drama and Turtle, life in Hollywoods fast lane can be an intoxicating ride. In Season Four, in fact, Eric and Vince have taken on new roles as producers. Will their film be hailed as a critical masterpiece, or will it end up on the trash heap of broken Tinseltown dreams?

Rudy and his new pal Devray get the fright of their lives while playing Halloween pranks on the elderly as the rest of the kids set their sights on Searchlight Johnson and Mudfoot Brown. Little do the kids realize that the little old lady who lives in the house by the cemetery has finally gotten her fill of their moonlit mischief, and she's about to give them a frightening taste of their own medicine. Later, the kids come together and attempt to decide what to do about their friends who went out trick-or-treating and never came back. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

The winner gloats, the loser suffers unspeakable (and unbearably funny) humiliations as roommates Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice indulge in a vast array of bizarre and often ridiculous competitions during Season One of the Canadian reality series Kenny vs. Spenny. This time around, Kenny takes on Spenny, and vice versa, to determined which one of them is the best cook, the best fashion designer, the best parent the most successful moneymaker, the most skilled figure skater and the most erotic strip tease artist. In other contests, our heroes vie for the honor of being the best-looking in women's clothes, and the most skilled and performing everyday functions without using his arms. Plus, they try to see which one can stay awake, stay blindfolded, and stay seated on a cow the longest. In one of the more chucklesome episodes, Kenny vs. Spenny spills over into another form of reality TV as Kenny takes Spenny to court over a small unpaid debt. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Steve and Elyse Keaton (Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter-Birney), once 1960s radicals, now find themselves in Reagan-Era American trying to raise a traditional suburban family. Son Alex P. Keaton (Michael J. Fox) is an ambitious Young Republican and his sister Mallory (Justine Bateman) is a shallow victim of the corporate culture, obsessed with music, clothes and boys. Their only normal kid is young Jennifer (Tina Yothers), a bit of a tomboy.

Get ready for more quirky adventures with TV's freshest and most eccentric sleuth as all 16 Season Two episodes of the hit series Psych arrive on DVD! Phony police psychic Shawn Spencer (James Roday) and his skeptical best friend Gus (Dule Hill) are back on the case in this 4-disc set. Joining them is a supernaturally talented roster of guest stars, including Primetime Emmy Award nominee Tim Curry, Golden Globe nominee Gina Gershon and Kevin Sorbo. Featuring two episodes directed by the legendary John Landis (National Lampoon's Animal House, The Blues Brothers) and over 45 minutes of can't-miss bonus materials, Season Two of Psych is a must for every DVD library! Critics exclaim, "It's not only laugh-out-loud-until-soda-squirts-out-of-your-nose funny, but it's also perfectly cast" (New York Post). We predict you'll love every quick-witted moment!

Popular Adult Swim show on Cartoon Network! Based on Aaron McGruder's comic strip which was distributed in 350 newspapers nationwide. Granddad sneaks the boys into the movies to be cheap. Sarah's obsession with Usher after meeting him threatens her relationship with Tom. Riley and Granddad refuse to talk with cops about two local thieves, even after Granddad's car is stolen. Stinkmeaner's spirit possesses Tom and he tries to get revenge on Granddad. Riley joins the basketball team, and the boys fight over who will be boss while Granddad's on vacation.

Home Improvement begins its eighth and final season with one fewer regular than in previous seasons. Jonathan Taylor-Thomas, who since the series' debut had been seen as Randy Taylor, the middle child of cable-TV star Tim Taylor (Tim Allen) and his wife, Jill (Patricia Richardson), had decided to briefly quit acting to devote himself to his college studies. Thus, it was explained on the series that Randy had left home in the company of his socially conscious girlfriend, Lauren, to go to Costa Rica in hopes of rescuing the rain forest. However, Brad's brothers, Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) and Mark (Taran Noah Smith), remained in the family fold. The series' final episode is truly one for the ages. After yet another fight with his sponsor, Binford Tools, Tim quits his TV show "Tool Time" cold, and prepares to move to faraway Bloomington with wife Jill, who has landed a job at a medical clinic. Since they cannot bear to leave their old house behind, the only solution is to take it with them -- which they do! Elsewhere, Tim's assistant, Al (Richard Karn), heartbroken since the breakup of his engagement to Ilene Markham, finds a happily-ever-after in the arms of his new bride, the pleasantly plump Trudy (Megan Cavanagh). And, in a moment the world has been waiting for, we finally get to see the complete face of Tim's philosophical neighbor, Wilson Wilson (Earl Hindman)! Finally, the terminal season of Home Improvement won an Emmy award for the series' lighting director Donald A. Morgan -- his seventh such Emmy in eight years! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Lil JJ, the star of Nickelodeon's hit sitcom Just Jordan hosts this kids' variety show, offering up performances by the young celebrity as an actor, rapper, and dancer. The show also features guest appearances by other teen stars such as nNocent and Lil Tre. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi

After three seasons of uninterrupted success, the producers of Gomer Pyle, USMC would likely have been content not to change a thing about the show. But some one major change was forced upon them for the fourth season -- the departure (temporarily, as it turned out) of Ronnie Schell, who for the three previous seasons had played Pfc. Duke Slater, best buddy to series protagonist Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors). (Schell, a veteran stand-up comic, had been offered a co-starring role in the CBS sitcom Good Morning, World, which ended up being cancelled after one season). The departure of Schell, whose panicky yet slick and knowing persona made a good foil for Nabors, left the series' star with one fewer key comic persona to interact with, and had him doing more one-on-one stories with Frank Sutton's Sgt. Vince Carter, his platoon sergeant, and also more stories with Miss Bunny (Barbara Stuart, Carter's girlfriend. All of the other supporting cast members were present, however, including Allan Melvin as Carter's nemesis, gt. Hacker; and William Christopher (still five years away from M*A*S*H) as Pfc. Hummel, one of Gomer's platoon buddies. Also introduced here was Carol Burnett in the role of Sgt. Carol Barnes, who would reappear once in the following season, as a female non-commisssioned officer with an interest in Gomer. Most of the series' homespun humor was intact, with Gomer's country-bred honesty usually triumphing over the cynicism of those around him. And in one episode, "The Price of Tomatoes", reunited Nabors with Andy Griffith Show recurring actor Denver Pyle. Indeed, the series seemed to turn back to its Andy Griffith Show roots throughout this season. The opening episode offered Francis Bavier in her Andy Griffith role as Aunt Bee, while another episode had Gomer actually going home to visit Mayberry (but not meeting any of the stars of The Andy Griffith Show). The over-reliance on the series' Andy Griffith Show connections, indicated that the writers may have been running out of ideas, 100 shows into the run of the series, but like The Andy Griffith Show which spawned it, Gomer Pyle, USMC remained steadfastly in the top five rated programs nationwide -- both perhaps represented different facets of escapism, from the Vietnam War and worsening strife in the streets. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi