It's one of those shows famous as a television landmark but little seen, remembered chiefly as a precursor to the more enduring I Love Lucy-type situation comedy. Partly this is because The Goldbergs had an extremely spotty, convoluted run on three different networks and, finally, in first-run syndication. It aired live for most of its existence (with scattered episodes preserved on kinescope) but then switched to 35mm film for its final season. At various times it was a half-hour weekly series and a 15-minute/twice-weekly show. Troubles with the Blacklist kept it off the air for while and it was rarely revived in any form after the late-1950s.
But now the UCLA Film & Television Archive and Shout! Factory have joined forces to release The Ultimate Goldbergs, a wonderful six-disc set featuring all 71 extant (and now restored) episodes of the 1949-56 series featuring shows from all its various incarnations, along with 12 episodes of the long-running radio series that preceded it, and other good extras including an informative booklet and an excerpt from Aviva Kempner's excellent documentary Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009); Kempner also contributes a booklet essay.
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