Samantha conjures her last Bewitching spell in July

The magical marriage of Darren and Samantha ends this July with the release of the final season of Bewitched. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment sent over the press release:

Culver City, Calif. (May 4, 2009) – Fall under the spell of everyone’s favorite witch one last time when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment debuts Bewitched: The Complete Eighth and Final Season on DVD July 14. The final season stars Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha, Dick Sargent as her hapless husband Darrin, Emmy Award® winner and Academy Award® nominee Agnes Moorehead as her nightmare mother-in-law Endora, David White as Larry Tate, and Erin Murphy as twitchy daughter Tabitha. Guest stars this season include Alice Ghostley (TV’s “Designing Women“), Bernard Fox (Titanic), Melissa Sue Anderson (TV’s “Little House on the Prairie“) and Julie Newmar (TV’s “My Living Doll“). The DVD includes all 26 episodes in a four-disc boxed set and will be available for $39.95 SRP.

One of the most beloved sitcoms in television history, Bewitched first aired on ABC September 17, 1964, and the series became an instant hit with critics and audiences, lasting for eight seasons and 256 episodes. Producers and Directors include William Asher (TV’s “I Love Lucy,” “Gidget“). Bewitched was nominated for 22 Emmy Awards® over the course of its run, winning three.

SYNOPSIS
In this final magical season, the Stephens family takes a tour of historical Europe where Samantha’s head is in danger after she catches the eye and the ire of Henry VIII. She also reveals the Loch Ness Monster is really a former warlock, and Esmeralda claims she caused the tower in Pisa to lean. Darrin is zapped to the top of the Eiffel Tower; Tabitha zaps herself into the Punch and Judy TV show to chastise Punch; Adam begins to show he has powers; plus many more magical misadventures for the last time on Morning Glory Circle!

DVD Special Features Include:

• Full Screen Presentations
• Audio: English, Spanish, Portuguese
• Subtitles: Spanish, Portuguese
• Bonus Previews
• Closed Captioned

Bewitched: The Complete Eighth and Final Season DVD Episodes Include:

• How Not to Lose Your Head to Henry VIII (Part I)
• How Not to Lose Your Head to Henry VIII (Part II)
• Samantha and the Loch Ness Monster
• Samantha’s Not So Leaning Tower of Pisa
• Bewitched, Bothered and Baldoni
• Paris, Witches Style
• The Ghost Who Made a Spectre of Himself
• TV or Not TV
• A Plague on Maurice and Samantha
• Hansel and Gretel in Samanthaland
• The Warlock in the Gray Flannel Suit
• The Eight Year Itch Witch
• Three Men and a Witch on a Horse
• Adam, Warlock or Washout?
• Samantha’s Magic Sitter
• Samantha is Earthbound
• Serena’s Richcraft
• Samantha on Thin Ice
• Serena’s Youth Pill
• Tabitha’s First Day at School
• George Washington Zapped Here (Part I)
• George Washington Zapped Here (Part II)
• School Days, School Daze
• A Good Turn Never Goes Unpunished
• Samantha’s Witchcraft Blows a Fuse
• The Truth, Nothing but the Truth, So Help Me Sam

Broadcast Year: 1971-1972 (ABC). SRP: $39.95. Bewitched: The Complete Eighth and Final Season has a run time of approximately 676 minutes and is not rated. Visit Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on the Web at www.SonyPictures.com.