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Disc includes: Bare bones.

For people with low self-esteem: Flavor of Love: The Complete Unrated Third Season/I Love New York: Complete Unrated Second Season

Remember the days when VH1 went by the slogan "Music First" and only targeted itself to people who wear mom jeans and like contemporary rock artists like John Mayer and The Dixie Chicks? A lot has changed since those years. And one of the most influential reasons why VH1 transformed itself into a thing perhaps even more sophomoric than MTV is in the phenomenal ratings success of its Celebreality block, featuring minor celebrities in foolishly-themed television shows. What began with The Surreal Life and other shows like it quickly spawned into a variety of spinoffs and lookalikes. From that you got Flavor of Love, a show that asks the simple question: Who does Public Enemy's Flavor Flav want to date? And Americans loved the ridiculousness, in which an out-of-his-mind Flav kicked off a lady each episode (ala Survivor) to find his hottie, all of whom were given original nicknames like Bubblez, Picasso and Red Oyster. The series' final season, season three, is out of DVD today, along with the release of I Love New York: Complete Unrated Second Season, a show in which popular Flavor of Love contestant New York (Tiffany Pollard) tries to find her sugar daddy.

Flavor of love disc includes: Casting special; Flav's filosophies; Girls Gone Flav: Ultimate Moments; Dirty Laundry; Flav and Thing 2's Parisian date; The Dead Bring Bad Luck; supertrailer.

I Love New York disc includes: Reunion special; casting special; supertrailer.

For people who believe in miracles: NY Giants: Road to Super Bowl XLII (Collector's Edition)

For New England Patriots fans - and perhaps even New York Giants fans - who still can't believe how the quick, hot-streak David was able to defeat the nearly perfect Goliath, take a trip down memory lane with this DVD, which showcases the game that knocked NFL's premiere team from unbeatable to a mere 18-1. But you can forgo the highlight reel on this one. Instead, this four-disc DVD set includes the complete, uncut network broadcast of Super Bowl XLII, the first time an entire Super Bowl has been made available for your viewing pleasure.

Disc includes: Super Bowl XLII's complete network broadcast, both playoff victories that got the N.Y. Giants into the title game.

For people who are generally curious as to what Denis Leary is up to these days: Rescue Me: The Complete Fourth Season

Similar to the predicament that fans of 24 found themselves in earlier this year, FX's summer drama staple, Rescue Me, will also be absent from TV airwaves this year due to the writers' strike. The show's fifth season, super-sized at 22 episodes, has been delayed to March 2009. To help ease the pain of fans who are losing an actual good hour of television this summer - because Celebrity Circus isn't exactly good television - catch yourself up on the latest season of Denis Leary's popular cable project.

Disc includes: Walking Through Fire: The Stories of Rescue Me Season 4; Real Stories from America's Bravest featurette; Welcome to the Set featurette; This Is Not a Drill: Breaking Down Episode 407 featurette; Captains featurette; Tools of the Trade featurette; Burning Embers: Gavin's Girls featurette; deleted scenes; blooper/gag reel; Minisode: Married...with Children – "If Al Had a Hammer"; Minisode: Starsky & Hutch – "Death Notice."

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