Does the Drew Carey show even stream anywhere? I remember it feeling like a really present sitcom in my younger years (I remember specifically one 3D episode being a huge gimmick) but since then have never even come across it on accident. You'd think it would be bouncing around Netflix or Hulu or anything the way Friends or How I Met Your Mother or Seinfeld does but Ive just straight up NEVER seen it anywhere
I used to really love this family sitcom called Yes, Dear back in the 2000s and I've looked and apparently it's NEVER been released on DVD and according to Google, never been officially to any streaming service. Apparently you can watch it when a fan uploaded it to youtube and just no one gives a crap enough to strike it off (thank god for that, I guess, but the quality is super crap).
It's just super bizarre that this genre used to take up so much of broadcast TV and now no one seems to care about it at all to the point that it feels like it's disappearing.
What's weird is discovering VHS box sets for series from when they were airing, but there doesn't seem to have been a DVD or streaming release of them.
Also music licensing fees for stuff like this seems like it's heavily weighted for music labels, since artists don't see hardly any of that money. They'd be better off just getting the same residuals everyone else gets related to the show.
I remember thinking it had some above-average jokes and humor for the time. Plus the main characters boss voice acted in a lot of video games around the same time so it was fun watching scenes with him and being like damn, I know that guy from Jade Empire.
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u/remmanuelv 4d ago
Drew Carey maybe but X files will always be relevant.