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Continuing their quest to unleash all of their top TV properties on DVD, Fox Home Entertainment has just announced box sets of two more fan favorites, The Family Guy and Futurama. Due in stores on April 6th, The Family Guy: The Complete First Season includes audio commentary on the episodes "Death Has A Shadow," "The Son Also Draws," " Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater," "Holy Crap," "Fifteen Minutes Of Shame," "Let's Go To The Hop," " He's Too Sexy For His Fat" and "E. Peterbus Unum," plus promo spots. Due a week earlier on March 25th, Futurama: The Complete First Season boasts even more extras, including audio commentary on every episodes, deleted scenes, a featurette, animatics for "Space Pilot 3000," scripts and storyboards for "Space Pilot 3000," and an interactive still gallery. Each 4-disc box set features 4:3 full screen transfers and Dolby 2.0 surround tracks, and retail is $49.95 a pop.

At long last, the third in George Romero's famous zombie trilogy Day of the Dead will finally hit DVD on April 29th, courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment. Featuring stomach-churning gore effects by legendary effects wizard Tom Savini, this horror classic comes uncut and uncensored in a feature-packed two disc set. Specs include a brand-new THX-certified 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, remixed Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround EX and DTS 6.1 ES surround tracks, an audio commentary with Romero, 2 featurettes, still galleries, the complete screenplay, trailers, and a collectible booklet. Retail is $34.95.

For fans just can't wait until the big-screen premiere of The Hulk this summer, Anchor Bay will release the two classic 70's TV movies, The Incredible Hulk Returns and The Trial of The Incredible Hulk on May 6th. Starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno, this two disc set features each flick presented in 4:3 full screen and mono, plus the brand-new "Stand Tall" documentary, additional Stan Lee and Lou Ferrigno featurettes, and a booklet. Retail is $29.95.

Announced for a March 4th debut is yet another edition of Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness (aka Evil Dead III), the two-disc "Boomstick Edition." Full details have not yet been released, other than that the set will include both the theatrical and extended cuts of the film (both previously available) and collectible packaging. Stay tuned.

For those more into sci-fi than horror, last but not least we have a new special edition of the Nicolas Roeg classic The Man Who Fell to Earth due to hit DVD on February 11th. This two-disc set features a newly-remastered anamorphic widescreen transfer, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround EX and DTS 6.1 DTS ES soundtracks, the "Watching The Alien" documentary, a still gallery, trailers, and a booklet. Retail is $29.95.