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Here are the highlights of this week's DVD releases. Enjoy!

'The Girls Next Door' (Season 5)

What the Season's About: This season chronicles the lead-up to the buxom blonde trio's flight from the Playboy coop. While we now know that Kendra and Bridget landed their own series, we will always remember their time in the mansion -- even if Hef doesn't.

Why You Should Check It Out: It's the last season that features Bridget, Holly and Kendra as Hef's girlfriends. While there is a season 6 in the works with all new Hef gal pals, the chemistry between these three will be hard to match.

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'The Shield' (Season 7, The Final Act)

What the Season's About: The final season of this gritty cop show follows Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) as he battles with former teammate Shane (Walton Goggins) and faces off against the Armenian mob. As if that's not enough, Vic's ex-wife plots against him to expose all the crimes the Strike Team has committed, and he faces losing his job or landing in jail.

Special Features: Episode commentaries, deleted scenes, a behind-the-scenes featurette about the series finale and a season retrospective.

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'Prison Break' (The Final Season)

What the Season's About: The title says it all: This is the final season of the fan favorite that was just canceled. While the series had its ups and downs, season 4 was seen as a resurgence as brothers Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) and Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) go after the group that destroyed their lives and discover that Michael's love may still be alive.

Special Features: Select episodes come with commentary and there are two featurettes – one about the final episode and one called "Director's World."

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'The Closer' (The Complete Fourth Season)

What the Season's About: As L.A.'s lead investigator, Brenda Leigh Johnson has a special gift when it comes to getting criminals talking. But the real drama comes as she grapples with preparing for married life with fiancé -- and FBI agent -- Fritz.

Special Features: There's a blooper reel, deleted scenes and an informative featurette with actor Corey Reynolds and a real-life L.A. police detective.

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'24' (Season 7)

What the Season's About: Day 7 fast forwards four years to find the CTU dismantled and Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) on trial in Washington, D.C. A national security crisis and potential White House conspiracy force the FBI and Jack to spring into action.

Why You Should Check It Out: Fans of the show think this is one of the series' best seasons yet. Plus, you'll have plenty of time to get caught up before season 8 begins in January 2010.

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'The Best of Star Trek: The Original Series'

What It Is: The perfect introduction to the original 1960s series for people who just discovered (or rediscovered) the franchise through J.J. Abrams' big-screen adaptation.

What You Get: Four classic episodes featuring Captain Kirk (William Shatner), Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and the rest of the Enterprise crew -- 'City on the Edge of Forever,' 'Balance of Terror,' 'Amok Time' and 'The Trouble With Tribbles.'

Nothing has frustrated TV fans more than the never-ending release of The State DVD from MTV. It has become the Duke Nukem Forever of the television universe.

One minute, it's on and the next minute, it's off. Then it's back on again, then the whole thing gets called off. Then it rises from the ashes like a flaming phoenix into the never-ending sky only to get doused with a fire extinguisher by an MTV Home Entertainment executive.

Now it appears that ill-fated collection of magic discs is coming soon to a DVD store near you until MTV decides it's time to destroy your dreams and tell your children there is no Santa Claus again.

If you grew up watching MTV in the '90s, then you probably remember The State. If you don't – and you're an American between the age of 30 and 35 – do a YouTube search for "I wanna dip my balls in it" and let the memories flood right on back.

I credit the irreverent MTV sketch comedy show with keeping me from slipping into a full-blown depression during my teenage years, aka the angsty, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains-drenched years. The State ran from 1993 to 1995 and helped launch the careers of some of my favorite comic actors, writers and filmmakers, including David Wain (Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models), Thomas Lennon (Reno 911, Balls of Fury) and Michael Ian Black (Stella, Ed). All 11 members of the comedy troupe reunited recently to perform new material at SF Sketchfest in January. The A.V. Club talked to State alums Wain, Lennon and Kerri Kenney-Silver this week about the reunion and about their future plans. Among the things that came up in the interview was the status of that promised complete-series DVD.

... Ten shows on DVD

Since there are twelve shows a-stinkin' on TV this year (well, that's the low estimate), you might be glad to hear that 2008 brought us some spectacular TV on DVD. You knew there had to be a bright spot, right?

Whether you want to re-watch your favorite classic shows from the '50s or '60s (or earlier), or catch up on one of the hottest shows on current TV (yeah, there are a few) by starting with the first season, they've been released on DVD in 2008. It was actually hard to pick just ten, but for better or for worse, here are my picks:

Finally. Time Life has released the long-awaited The Real Ghostbusters: The Complete Collection on DVD. And it's frackin' loaded. The mammoth $179.99 set features all 147 eps of The Real Ghostbusters, plus more than twelve hours of extras, all packed in a box with hologram panels that resembles the firehouse from the show. Looks like I'm gonna have to sell my car. For $179.99.

I won't go on about how this animated spinoff of the Ghostbusters movie was the best thing on Saturday morning in the late 80s and early 90s (but it was), or how it was also the coolest thing to watch in syndication after school every day (but it was), or how Egon Spengler helped me overcome my own personal boogeyman (but he did). I also won't waste your time writing about the awesome Real Ghostbusters-inspired comics I used to create as a kid (but they were awesome), or how I still reference my favorite eps with my friends in casual conversation (but I do).

But I will ask you, dear TV Squad reader, to help make my Christmas wish come true by persuading my wife to buy me this box set. Because I really don't want to sell my car for $179.99.

If you haven't entered our latest two giveaways yet (Stargate: Atlantis season three DVDs and Grey's Anatomy season three DVDs), you've got until 5PM Eastern today to enter. Just head on over to the posts linked above, read through the rules and make the applicable comment there (not here!) We'll notify the winners next week.

Good luck!

Every Tuesday here on TV Squad , we will highlight the week's TV-on-DVD releases. Some noteworthy releases today, April 11, 2006:

• The Bob Newhart Show - The Complete 3rd Season
• Farscape - Starburst Edition - Volume 9 (3.3)
• In Living Color - Season 5
• The Merv Griffin Show - 40 of the Most Interesting People of Our Time

Every Tuesday morning here on TV Squad, we will highlight the week's TV-on-DVD releases. Some noteworthy releases today, December 20, 2005:

• The Amazing Race 7 - The The 7th Season
• Battlestar Galactica - Season 2.0
• ER - The Complete 4th Season
• Party of Five - Season 2

Every Tuesday morning here on TV Squad we will highlight the week's TV-on-DVD releases. Some noteworthy releases today, September 20, 2005:

• Andromeda - Vol 5.1
• The Batman - Season 1, Vol. 2: The Man Who Would Be Bat
• Battlestar Galactica - Season 1
• Clone High - Season 1
• Crime Story - Season 2
• Desperate Housewives - The Complete 1st Season
• From the Earth to the Moon (mini-series) - Signature Edition
• Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats - Volume 1
• Justice League - Unlimited - Season 1, Volume 2: Joining Forces
• The Man Show - Boy & Household Hints From Adult Film Stars
• My Dad the Rock Star - Vol 1: Dad's Debut
• Ned and Stacey - The Complete 1st Season
• Penn & Teller: Magic and Mystery Tour (mini-series) - Penn & Teller: Magic & Mystery Tour
• The Pretender - The Complete 2nd Season
• The Ren and Stimpy Show - Season 5 and Some More of 4
• Rides - The Complete 2nd Season
• SpongeBob SquarePants - Absorbing Favorites
• Taboo - The Complete 2nd Season
• Teen Titans - Vol 3 (season 2, vol 1): Fear Itself

Get ready for Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, an 83-minute direct-to-dvd Family Guy movie that follows our favorite cartoon baby as a near-death experience inspires him to find his real father. Finally listed to be in stores on September 27th, the movie will feature guest voices from such celebrities as Ron Livingston, Drew Barrymore, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling and Jason Priestly.

[via Ain't It Cool News]