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For people who got sea sick while watching The Love Boat, Aaron Spelling launched Hotel. For five seasons, the bellhops kept the guest stars moving between the floors. The first season set is due out shortly. Here’s the press release from CBS DVD:

IT’S CHECK-IN TIME

Fan-Favorite Drama Series From Legendary Producer Aaron Spelling Settles In For An Extended DVD Stay On July 21

From CBS Home Entertainment And Paramount Home Entertainment

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Revisit the lighthearted and romantic lives of the folks at San Francisco’s elegant St. Gregory Hotel when HOTEL: THE FIRST SEASON opens its doors on DVD July 21 from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment.

People’s Choice Award® winner for Favorite New TV Dramatic Program, HOTEL: THE FIRST SEASON debuts as a six-disc set featuring all 22 first season episodes. The set also includes the series’ rarely seen two-hour pilot movie. From Executive Producer Aaron Spelling (Dynasty, Melrose Place, Charmed) and based on Arthur Hailey’s bestselling novel of the same name, HOTEL stars James Brolin (Marcus Welby, M.D.) and Connie Sellecca (The Greatest American Hero) in their Golden Globe®-nominated roles. Featuring a supporting cast including Shari Belafonte (Beyond Reality) and Anne Baxter (All About Eve), plus an endlessly entertaining variety of new hotel guests each week, the St. Gregory was the primetime television place to be seen during the series’ landmark five year run.

HOTEL: THE FIRST SEASON will be available for the suggested retail price of $54.99 US and $57.99 CAN.

HOTEL: THE FIRST SEASON is a six-disc set presented in Full Screen with English Mono. The DVD is not rated in the U.S. and rated PG in Canada. The total running time is 19 Hrs., 29 Min. The DVD disc breakdown is as follows:

    Disc One:

  1. Pilot
  2. Blackout
  3. Choices

    Disc Two:

  4. Charades
  5. Secrets
  6. Relative Losses
  7. Flashback

    Disc Three:

  8. Confrontations
  9. Faith, Hope & Charity
  10. Deceptions
  11. The Offer

    Disc Four

  12. Christmas
  13. Designs
  14. Reflections
  15. Tomorrows

    Disc Five:

  16. Passages
  17. Mistaken Identities
  18. The Wedding
  19. Memories

    Disc Six:

  20. Encores
  21. Prisms
  22. Trials
  23. Lifeline

HOTEL: THE FIRST SEASON
Street Date: July 21, 2009
Pricing: $54.99 US/ $57.99 CAN
Catalog #: 142474
Runtime: 19 Hrs., 29 Min.
U.S. Rating: N/R
Canadian Rating: PG

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