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More TV on DVD is on the way from Fox Home Entertainment, who will debut the critical darling Arrested Development: The Complete First Season on October 19th. Presented in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen and Dolby 2.0 surround and chock full of extras, feast upon the creator's unaired pilot, new introductions by Ron Howard, audio commentary by cast and crew on five episodes, deleted and extended scenes, original unused songs, outtakes, the "TV Land: Arrested Development - The Making of a Future Classic" and "Museum of Television & Radio: Q&A with Creator Mitchell Hurwitz and the Cast" featurettes, TV Land awards footage, and easter eggs. List price will be $39.95.

Fox will also debut Cedric the Entertainer Presents: The Complete Series on October 12th. Featuring 4:3 full screen transfers and Dolby 2.0 stereo tracks, extras include audio commentary on select episodes. Retail will also go for $39.95.

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Just in from MGM Home Entertainment is their November lineup of catalog releases, which is rather small by the studio's usual gangbusters standards. Streeting on November 2nd are the thrillers The Grissom Gang, The Commissioner, Last Rites, Mulholland Falls and Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice?. Each is presented in anamorphic widescreen (except Last Rites, which is non-anamorphic only) and include theatrical trailers. Retail will list for $14.95 a pop.

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Wrapping up today's news is a gaggle of music announcements.

Hitting DVD on September 28th from Warner Reprise is Depeche Mode Devotional, the latest two-disc extravaganza from the electro-pioneers. Recorded live during their 1993 Devotional tour, the set includes the complete concert with two songs never-before-seen, presented in 1.66:1 widescreen and Dolby 5.1 and PCM 2.0 stereo, with a bonus disc featuring all of the behind-the-band concert projections, the 22-minute MTV "Depeche Mode Rockumentary," six music videos, and a 8-minute interview with "visual stylist" Anton Corbijn. Retail will be $26.95.

Music Video Distributors will unleash Devo: Live in the Land of the Rising Sun - Japan 2003 on October 5th. The 75-minute concert will feature thirteen tracks presented in 4:3 full screen and Dolby Digital 5.1, plus audio commentary by band members Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald V. Casale, backstage footage and never before seen material from 1981. Retail will be a mere $14.95.

Next up from BMG Music are five new titles, all debuting on August 10th: Greendale, Soft Cell: Non-Stop Exotic Video Show, Diego Torres: MTV Unplugged, Social Distortion: Live In Orange County, Reggae on the River and Hoy Fiesta Mexicana. Each is presented in 4:3 full screen and include discographies, and the Soft Cell, Greendale and Social Distortion sets also include behind-the-scenes footage, while Reggae on the River boasts additional performances. Retail is $19.95 a pop, except for the Greendale and Reggae on the River sets, which will go for $29.95 a pop.

Last but certainly not least, Gene "The Tongue" Simmons will release his first solo DVD, Speaking in Tongues, on August on August 10th. A chronicle of the KISS mastermind's first-ever, no-holds-barred lecture tour of Australia(!?), the set also includes ten ten never-before-heard Simmons solo songs. Presented in 4:3 full screen and Dolby 2.0, retail will cost you $19.95.