Why should you buy TV shows on DVD when you can just watch them for free?  Watching TV shows as a series on DVD (or Blu-Ray) is a much better way to watch a TV series than watching it on TV.  There are numerous advantages to watching a TV series on a your DVD player rather than on television, when they are being broadcast.  The most compelling reason is that you can watch the show in its entirety.  By that I mean that you can watch as many episodes as you want in one sitting, commercial free.  In essence, you can turn your favorite TV show into a movie by watching two or three episodes back to back.  No more waiting until the next week to find out what happens.  And by watching your TV show this way, you are far less likely to forget little plot twists that may have occurred in prior episodes.

If you are looking to buy TV shows on DVD, you will likely be able to find the series that you are looking for available for sale.  There are countless TV series that are available to be purchased in just about every imaginable category of TV series, and new series are being released every week.  Viewing it from the broadest sense, you can find TVseries that are available to be purchased in any of the following genres:

• Drama
• Science Fiction & Fantasy
• Comedy
• Children & Family
• Mystery
• Action
• Horror

There are different ways to buy TV series.  Many of these TV shows are also available in a variety of screen formats -- the most common of which are full screen or wide screen.You can purchase these TV shows one season at a time, or you might be able to purchase several seasons at a time, or after a series has been completed, you can often purchase the entire series as a boxed set.

Here is a more detailed breakdown.  Click on any of the links below to find televisions shows in any genre.  The lists are sorted by the best selling shows, so you can see just what shows are popular sellers today.

Browse by Genre:

• Action & Adventure

• Animation

• Classic TV

• British Television

• Comedy

• Drama

• Horror

• Kids & Family

• Crime

• Funny Families

• Medical Shows

• Mystery & Suspense

• Reality Shows

• Teen Scene

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

• Westerns

• Made-for-TV Movies

• Miniseries

Browse by Television Network:

• A&E Home Video

• BBC

• Cartoon Network

• Discovery Channel

• Fox TV

• HBO

• History Channel

• MTV

• Nickelodeon

• Showtime

• Travel Channel

• WGBH Boston

The WGBH public television series have gotten greater exposure of late.  The cooking show Julia Child, The French Chef is a very popular show.  This TV show has gotten greater notoriety of late due to the release of the film "Julie & Julia."

As you can see, there are numerous reasons to buy TV shows on DVD.  With so many great television series available on DVD, you will be so busy watching the series on DVD, that you won't have time to watch the new episodes when they are being broadcast.