DVD Releases
MGM Home Entertainment released two Best-of collections of Mister Ed on DVD in Region 1. Volume 1 (released January 13, 2004) contains 21 episodes and Volume 2 (released March 8, 2005) contains 20 episodes. Due to poor sales, further volumes were not released.
MGM also released a single-disc release entitled Mister Ed's Barnyard Favorites on July 26, 2005 which contains the first eight episodes featured on Volume One.
Judging by the pattern of other CBS and Filmways programs of the era, it is possible that some episodes from the early seasons may have had their copyrights lapsed, and thus have fallen in the public domain. The Internet Archive (archive.org) has the episode entitled "Ed the Beneficiary".
On June 18, 2009, Shout! Factory announced that they had acquired the rights to release Mister Ed on DVD. They have subsequently released the first five seasons on DVD in Region 1 in the United States. Unfortunately the fourth and fifth seasons are only available for sale in the continental U.S., meaning international fans have no way of continuing their collection and/or procuring this title from online sellers as it is only available directly through Shout! Factory's own website.
An early review of the 1st season DVD by Paul Mavis states that most of the episodes are the full-length versions; however eight of them are the edited versions.
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Season One/The Complete First Season | 26 | October 6, 2009 |
| The Complete Second Season | 26 | February 2, 2010 |
| The Complete Third Season | 26 | June 1, 2010 |
| The Complete Fourth Season♦ | 26 | November 16, 2010 |
| The Complete Fifth Season♦ | 26 | June 21, 2011 |
| The Complete Sixth Season | 13 | TBA |
♦- Shout! Factory select title, sold exclusively through Shout's online store
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