Product Details

• Actors: Kristin Chenoweth, Annie Potts, Leslie Bibb, Jennifer Aspen
• Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: French, Spanish, English
• Dubbed: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: ABC Studios
• DVD Release Date: June 12, 2012
• Run Time: 430 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (607 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B007MDB6RO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,305 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Welcome, y'all, to ABC's GCB: The Complete First Season. From Darren Star, creator of Sex And The City, and inspired by the devilishly fun novel, GCB dishes the dirt on the return of a "prodigal daughter" to her upscale Dallas community, where everyone hopes she's home for good... and not evil. Back in high school, original mean girl Amanda Vaughn (Leslie Bibb) mercilessly tormented her less attractive classmates. Twenty years later, after her hubby is busted for a Ponzi scheme - and meets his maker in a particularly scandalous way - a disgraced Amanda is back to start life anew under her mother's (Annie Potts) palatial roof. But will the good women of her hometown welcome her with open arms or dole out some kick-ass karmic payback? Let's just say, hell hath no fury like cosmetically enhanced, resident church diva and scripture scholar Carlene Cockburn (Kristin Chenoweth)! Start off your GCB collection and relive all 10 episodes, including "sin-tillating," never-before-seen bonus features in this divinely decadent boxed set.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

106 of 111 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Cancelled Too Soon: Southern Fried Sassiness (And Silliness) That's Actually Quite Fun May 3, 2012

By K. Harris HALL OF FAMETOP 10 REVIEWER

Format:DVD

Everything is bigger in Texas and ABC's comic soap opera "GCB" is out to prove it! Completely over-the-top (and I mean that as a compliment), this show plays to and skewers every Southern cliche imaginable. From Dallas society to religious propriety, the sharp screenplays always have their tongues planted firmly in cheek and the ten episodes of Season One are filled with scandal, infidelities, old rivalries, and even a song or two. Creator Robert Harling adapted the colorfully titled Kim Gatlin novel which doesn't abbreviate just what GCB stands for. ABC, apparently a bit shy about employing the B-word in the show's title, briefly flirted with the notion of Good Christian Belles (which sells out Gatlin's entire premise) but then settled on GCB as an appropriate compromise (and then promptly and ironically rolled out another mid-season replacement sitcom in which the B-word figured prominently in the title). Meant to recapture some of the luster of the aging and wildly uneven "Desperate Housewives," the show failed to build on that ratings lead-in and it's a shame. If more people had sampled "GCB," they might have been caught up in its madcap antics!

"GCB" addresses what happens when a former mean girl returns to her hometown roots to reunite with old high school friends and rivals. Leslie Bibb is this reformed baddie who arrives in Dallas in shame after her criminal husband has died under scandalous circumstances. Her controlling mother (Annie Potts) welcomes her and her two kids with open arms, but a quartet of former acquaintances aren't quite so accepting. Bibb, though, is truly trying to be a better person. Her friends, meanwhile, who have all achieved success start to feel old insecurities creep back. The show is crisp and sassy and quite a bit of fun. The plots, however, play second fiddle to one of the more spry and hysterical comic ensembles on TV. The cast is really the star of this show!

Bibb is wildly appealing and I'm not sure why she isn't a bigger star. Potts has her best role in years and chews up every scene she's in as the Republican gun-toting matriarch figure. Kristin Chenoweth is delightful as the primary foil and serves up diva deliciousness (I couldn't resist upping the cheese factor) with unapologetic abandon. She is the piece's largest villain, but you've got to love her just the same and her faithful husband (David James Elliott) balances her perfectly. And she gets to sing--always a welcome diversion. Miriam Shor is a revelation as she battles Chenoweth for dominance of their little group and her marriage of convenience to her best friend (a great Mark Deklin) provides one of the most interesting relationships on the show. Jennifer Aspen plays the group's more trusting and easily influenced member, and her attraction to the local pastor is quite funny. The last lady is played by Marisol Nichols (who is lovely), but in a cast with such big personalities--she can often be overshadowed.

Episodes are presented in anamorphic widescreen video, with English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, and subtitles in Spanish and French. This 3-disc set includes all ten episodes (approx 430 minutes) with Bonus Material including:

Episode Commentaries
Deleted and Extended Scenes
Bloopers
Bigger in Texas
Living Large
Preaching to the Choir
High School Lessons
Spicy Scripture - Relationship Lessons

The show doesn't do subtlety! It's loud, fun and completely outrageous. Maybe it wasn't the best show on network TV, but it was one of the more wildly entertaining ones. And as not enough viewers have turned out, these ten episodes are probably the end. I guess it's back to watching the endless procedural crime shows on TV. Ughhh. In that landscape, "GCB" felt like a breath of fresh air. KGHarris, 5/12.

97 of 104 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars ABC Strikes Again... May 13, 2012

By DispointedSF

Format:DVD

As the title say...ABC has done it again. It has canceled another wonderful show filled with promise, wonderful and hilarious characters with actors like Kristen Chenoweth and Annie Potts who steals the show for me every time they are in front of the camera. I can't believe that the head of ABC has the audacity to keep tired shows like the Bachelor and Bachelorette going season after season. We all know that show has the same lame-ass formula where the couple will end up breaking up after their five-minute of fame fades away. Meanwhile shows like GCB and Missing gets cancelled without giving it a real chance to succeed but instead be included to ABC's purgatory of shows with high potential and a loyal following with such other gem of a show like Nightstalker (2007), The Gates (2010), No Ordinary Family (2010-2011) and Wipeout.

I will miss seeing GCB in fall 2012. With Desperate Housewives ending for good, what will Sunday be like without the hilarious Ms. Chenoweth, the beautiful Ms Bibb, the always affable Ms Potts, and the rest of the hilarious cast of GCB. At least when the DVD comes out for sale, I will have it to remember this short-lived show and the laughter that this show brought me on Sunday nights.

RIP...

73 of 82 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Sharp Wit, Great Acting, and Southern Accents March 23, 2012

By etc. reviews

Format:DVD

I've been a Kristin Chenoweth fan since "Pushing Daisies." Her amazing performance of Olive Snook made her a scene-stealer, to say the least. Since then, I've been purchasing her albums, seeing her shows, etc., but I couldn't wait to see her return on TV. I didn't really know what GCB would be like, but Kristin's appearance in it was enough to spark my interest.
GCB, originally titled "Good Christian Bitches," quickly became one of my favorite new shows. Along with Chenoweth, the series stars Leslie Bibb, the amazing Annie Potts, as well as a cavalcade of more talent. The shows sharp wit provides a take on all the "Holier than Thou" people in our lives, as well as a play on the Texan stereotype. It's not in the least bit offensive, just hilarious. After the conviction of her husband, a business man who played the old Ponzi-Scheme, Amanda (Leslie Bibb) returns to her hometown in Texas to live with her mother and children. There she finds her former classmates, who she tortured, including a new neighbor/old foe (Kristin Chenoweth) named Carlene. By new, I don't mean a new person, but an old classmate whose numerous plastic surgeries give a new look to the acne-ridden, firzzy-haired teenager that Amanda once tortured, along with Carlene's many friends (Sharon, Cricket, and Heather). Carlene's rat-pack plan revenge on the newly vulnerable Amanda.
An entertaining mix of wit, talent, and strong under-lying story-lines, GCB is a show that will entertain from beginning to start. And it's sure to entertain on DVD. The DVD will feature Featurettes, Audio Commentaries, and Bloopers on a three-disc, ten episode set.