All in the Family: The Complete Sixth Season – Ah, geez: this is the season when “All in the Family” jumped the shark. Or was it? My perception has always been that things started to go downhill this year, when Mike and Gloria moved out of the Bunker’s house, and Gloria gave birth to baby Joey; the majority of the votes on JumpTheShark.com, however, don’t have it occurring until the end of the eighth season, when Mike, Gloria, and Joey moved away. All I know is that after this season, “All in the Family” dropped to #12 in the ratings after spending five years at #1. That can’t be a coincidence.

The Big Valley: Season Two, Volume One – After watching seasons of “The Time Tunnel” and “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,” you sometimes forget that the ‘60s actually produced some dramas that provide entertainment on more levels than just kitschy fun. “The Big Valley” is probably best remembered by kids raised in the ‘70s and ‘80s as the show Lee Majors did before “The Six Million Dollar Man” and “The Fall Guy,” but it’s a solid Western drama that provides a twist on the “Bonanza” formula by having several strapping young brothers living on a ranch with their ma (played by Barbara Stanwyck) rather than their pa. It’s loaded with guest stars, but surely the most interesting performance here is the surprisingly effective dramatic turn by Buddy Hackett, who sports a beard and an Irish accent for his role.

Dallas: The Complete Sixth Season – If you didn’t watch the show, there are probably only two questions you have about this set, so let me answer them for you quickly. 1) No, it’s not the season where J.R. got shot; that happened at the end of the third season. 2) No, it’s not the season where Bobby shows up the shower and it turns out that the previous season was an entire dream; that happened at the end of the ninth season. So if you’re only a casual fan, you’ll probably be able to take a pass. If you’re a diehard…well, of course, you’ll buy it, anyway, but you’ll be excited to check out the new featurette, “Power and Influence: The Dallas Legacy.” It’s only 12 minutes long, but at least it’s a special feature; you get so few of those on ‘70s shows sets.

The Golden Girls: The Complete Seventh and Final Season – Criminey, another season already? Man, I am so freaking tired of writing about this show. Thank God it’s the last time I’ll have to do so. What else is there to say about it, really, that I haven’t already said before? It’s four old ladies living in a house together, it’s a funny show, and it shouldn’t be the guilty pleasure for guys that it is, because the writing is often downright hilarious. Plus, it was a great venue for older stars to get work…and, unlike “Murder, She Wrote” or “Diagnosis: Murder,” the odds were pretty decent that you’d get out of the episode alive! There’s also a nice retrospective on here, entitled – what else? – “Thank You For Being A Friend: A Look Back with the Golden Girls.”

La Femme Nikita: The Complete Fifth Season – Peta Wilson is hot. I think that’s pretty well inarguable. But having not watched this show at any point prior to receiving this set, it’s hard to do a review of it justice…which is why I’ve been sitting on it for so long. I tried to watch it, but, frankly, it bored me very quickly and I bailed out. I’m willing to presume that’s because I was coming in blind, though, so I’ll at least praise the fact that it includes a few special features, including deleted scenes, a teaser for the season that was previously only viewable online, and a featurette called “Season Five: Declassified.”

Penn & Teller: Bullshit! – The Complete Fourth Season – Hard to say how long Penn Gillette’s NBC game show, “Identity,” will stick around, but, frankly, who cares? Sure, it’s nice that he’s getting a paycheck for doing not very much at all, but if it vanishes tomorrow, he’s still got “Bullshit!” – already renewed for a fifth season – to fall back on. You might occasionally find yourself flinching at Penn’s explosive obscenity-filled responses to various on-screen contributors (my personal favorite: “Fuck you in the neck, motherfucker!”), but whether you agree with the show’s spin on their subjects – which, rest assured, are always well-documented – or not, every episode “Bullshit!” is invariably illuminating. And, guys, you know you want to watch the one on prostitution…