One of the best parts of the holiday season is the return of some of television's most beloved animated classics. Shows like, for instance, 'A Charlie Brown Christmas,' 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer' and, of course, 'Robot Chicken.'

Okay, so maybe 'Robot Chicken' isn't quite your father's stop-motion show, but retailers around the nation are about to find out how today's brand of animation stacks up against favorites of the past as several offbeat animated series get the DVD treatment. But don't worry, if cartoons aren't your thing, we've also dug up some releases from other genres that will make some of the best gifts this side of the Island of Misfit Toys.

Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.

I think I might have asked this question before, but I'll ask it again: just how many Star Trek (original series) sets are there? There seems to be a new one released every few months. I know there are Blu-ray sets being released now, but at what point does even the most die-hard Trek fan say enough is enough and they're not going to buy any more? A friend of mine loves Star Trek and seems to buy every new version of the show that comes out.

• Cake Boss - Cake Boss
• Criss Angel Mindfreak - Season 5 and Collector's Edition Megaset
• Ice Road Truckers - Season 3
• The Maxx - Complete Series
• The Paper Chase - Season 2
• Robot Chicken - Season 4
• Sherlock Holmes - The Collection
• Star Trek - Season 3 (Blu-ray)
• The Tudors - Season 3
• Wagon Train - Season 1
• Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie

Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.

Who would buy Hammertime on DVD? I'm actually asking. Is that something that you would actually watch again after you've already watched it on TV?

There are some good complete series sets being released this week, though: Andy Richter's Andy Barker, P.I., a Rome gift set, Farscape, and a new box for The Sopranos.

• 7th Heaven - Season 9
• Andy Barker, P.I. - Complete Series
• Ben 10: Alien Force - Vol. 5
• Drawn Together - Complete Series

Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.

Wow, this is quite a week for TV fans of all types. You can get the complete series sets for The Sopranos and I Dream of Jeannie, and anniversary sets for such TV classics as The Cosby Show and The Long Ranger. I even see a season 2 set for Mister Peepers! I didn't even know there was a season 1 set already released, so I'll have to look into that.

The Studio One anthology is a real gem, and I'll have a review of it later this week.

• 7th Heaven - Season 7
• Band of Brothers - Miniseries (Blu-Ray)
• Chuck - Season 1 (Blu-Ray)
• The Cosby Show - 25th Anniversary
• Father Knows Best - Season 2
• Firefly - Complete Series (Blu-Ray)
• I Dream of Jeannie - Complete Series
• Little House on the Prairie - Complete Series
• The Lone Ranger - 75th Anniversary
• M Squad - Complete Series

Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.

Wow, this is quite a list of shows this week, though I think the only one I'm definitely going to buy is the second season 30 Rock set. Maybe the Three Stooges set too. Those are good sets to have. I'm tempted to buy the complete series set for Speed Racer because I remember it from my childhood, but I have a big suspicion that my memories would be better than the show itself.

• 30 Rock - Season 2
  
• The Beverly Hillbillies - Season 2
• Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern - Collection 2
• Brotherhood - Season 2
• Corner Gas - Season 5
• Doctor Who - The Brain of Morbius and Trial of a Time Lord
• Full Circle with Michael Palin
• Ghost Hunters - Season 4, Part 1
• How I Met Your Mother - Season 3
• Johnny Cash & Friends - Christmas Specials
• Martin - Season 5
• Midsomer Murders - Box Set 11
• Mission: Impossible - Season 5
• The Munsters - Complete Series and Family Portrait
• Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Vol. 2
• Robot Chicken - Season 3
• The Sarah Jane Adventures - Season 1
• The Simpsons - Season 11
• The Smurfs - Season 1, Vol. 2
• The Three Stooges Collection - Vol. 4: 1943-45
• South Park - The Cult of Cartman
• Speed Racer - Complete Series
• Speed Racer: The Next Generation - Vol. 2
• Wagon Train - Going West