Over the past few years, I've knocked several shows off my list, with the release of Max Headroom, Square Pegs, Daria, and Rocko's Modern Life.

It would be great to get an official set of Amos N Andy or the Batman Show (Adam West) from the 60's but I do not see that happening.

Anyone know why the Batman series with Adam West has never been (or seems unlikely to be) released?

Conflicting reports of the reasons behind the non-release of the series point to a number of different factors, which may or may not indeed play a part. These include:

Disagreement between DC Comics, owners of the Batman character, after DC's sister/parent company Warner Bros. took over DC in 1969. Warner Bros. could also be involved, as well as 20th Century Fox, owners of the program itself.[11]

Commentators have suggested that DC Comics itself is not involved, and that Warner and Fox are reluctant to work with each other. This was denied by a Warner spokesperson in 2005 during their semi-regular "Home Theater Forum" chat, where it was stated that the issues were between Fox and DC alone, with Warner playing no part in negotiations.[12]

Greenway/ABC/Fox rights issues. The Batman series was conceived as an equal partnership between William Dozier's Greenway Productions and Fox in 1964, before Fox entered into a separate agreement with ABC to produce the series in 1965. With three companies involved almost from the outset, there is some speculation that these rights are tangled even before the DC Comics character ownership rights are to be considered. Moreover:

In 2006, Deborah Dozier Potter, "the successor-in-interest to Greenway Productions" sued Fox for allegedly withholding monies under the Fox/ABC agreement.[13][14] Dozier Potter further claimed that this came to her attention when, in March 2005, "she considered releasing the series on DVD," implying that (from her perspective at least) Greenway/Dozier Potter has some say in the matter of potentional DVD release of the series. The case was resolved/dismissed in November 2007. In February 2005, John Stacks had approached Deborah Dozier Potter to market the series on DVD. There were many offers and lots of interest in the release of the series, as can be read in Joel Eisner's The Official Batbook Revised Bat Edition 2008.[15]

Other complications/rights issues:
Christopher D. Heer, writing at the "1966 Batman Message Board", clarified a quote by moderator Lee Kirkham, noting that there will likely be the need for complicated deals regarding cameos, since "...at least some of the cameos were done as uncredited, unpaid walk-ons – which means that Fox does NOT have home video clearances for them. Either those scenes would have to be cut or an agreement reached with the actors."[16]

Kirkham's initial quote also noted that, alongside music clearance issues, there could also be problems over some of the costumes, and the original Batmobile:
"It may surprise you, but then there are also rights issues concerning the design of the unique Batmobile design used in the show, and possibly a separate issue regarding some of the costumes as well!"[17]

It's staggering that the entire run of The Muppet Show on DVD wasn't available in time for the movie. Must have been music licensing issues, or Disney just doesn't care.

It's staggering that the entire run of The Muppet Show on DVD wasn't available in time for the movie. Must have been music licensing issues, or Disney just doesn't care.

I'm wondering....since it's part of the thread....how many TV shows (companies) so far have gone the extra mile to get all the orginal music / music guests.

The only one's I know of (in my collection).........
1. The Saturday Night Live full season sets
2. Freaks & Geeks
2.5 Square Pegs - they were able to keep the theme song, music with guest appearances (Devo, The Waitesses, John Densmore), but not other music just used in episodes.

Stuff I'd buy if they'd just release it already:

Seasons 3-7 of Hill Street Blues

Seasons 5-12 of NYPD Blue

Seasons 6 & up of Saturday Night Live

All three seasons of Batman