Product Details

• Actors: Melina Kanakaredes, Mike Farrell, Paula Cale, Seth Peterson, Concetta Tomei
• Directors: Ian Toynton
• Writers: John Masius
• Producers: Ann Lewis Hamilton, Arturs Rusis, Carol Barbee, Jennifer Cecil, Kevin G. Cremin
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: May 18, 2004
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001FGBVQ
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #14,032 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Providence Collection" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Melina Kanakaredes has the kind of warm, easy accessibility upon which long television careers are founded. The popularity of Providence--in which Kanakaredes plays Sydney Hansen, a plastic surgeon who returns home to find more meaning in her life--rests mostly on her shoulders, though certainly the rest of the cast is an engaging lot: Paula Cale plays Joanie, Syd's single-mom sister; Mike Farrell (formerly BJ Honeycutt of M*A*S*H) plays her veterinarian father, who relates better with animals than people; Seth Peterson is her rapscallion younger brother Robbie; and Concetta Tomei haunts Syd's dreams as her mother, who dies in Providence's pilot episode. Story-wise, the show is all over the map--soap opera (every family member goes through many relationship traumas), melodrama (in only the second episode, Syd saves an autistic girl from being institutionalized), comedy (in the fifth season, Robbie and his wife open a B&B, only to be plagued with skunks), suspense (a thug tries to murder a lovable drug-sniffing dog), even political thriller (when Syd dates a married congressman, blackmail erupts).

The Providence Collection is something of a greatest hits collection, so weddings, births, and christenings dominate the selected episodes. The writing can be awkward and obvious, but the capable cast holds everything together, and there's no denying that every episode keeps things lively by packing in at least three interweaving storylines. --Bret Fetzer

Product Description

Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 02/05/2008

Customer Reviews

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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite series on TV, June 8, 2004

By	Tim (Williamstown, USA) - See all my reviews

Providence is a show that portrays the trials of the Hansen family and how they dealt with it. The main character, Sydney Hansen (Melina Kanakaredes) was a doctor in cosmetic surgery but after leaving Los Angeles where she practiced, she worked in a low-income medical clinic in her hometown of Providence. At home, she lives with her father (Mike Farrel), her brother Robbie (Seth Peterson), her sister Joanie (Paula Cale), and the spirit of her deceased mother (Concetta Tomei) who passes away in the first episode.

Episodes are as follows:
1.) Pilot - Aired January 8, 1999
Dr. Sydney Hansen, a plastic surgeon in Los Angeles, makes a journey home to Providence, Rhode Island to attend her pregnant sister's wedding.

2.) Home Again - Aired January 15, 1999
Sydney Hansen resettles in Providence and her dreams begin to by intruded by her late mother.

3.) Tying the Knot - Aired February 12, 1999
Joanie suddenly decides to marry the father of her child, but Syd has doubts about the marriage.

4.) The Letter - Aired October 1, 1999
On the first anniversary of Lynda's death, the Hansens agree to celebrate her life with a memorial dinner.

5.) Don't Go Changin' - Aired March 31, 2000
The Hansens decided to throw Jim a suprise 60th birthday party. Joanie gives Dog Boy ("Ed's" Tom Cavanagh guest stars) the confidence to follow a dream.

6.) The Thanksgiving Story - Aired November 24, 2000
Two-hour Thanksgiving episode; the Hansen clan tries to have an idyllic family Thanksgiving. Joanie thinks she might be pregnant again.

7.) Falling - Aired May 18, 2001
Syd considers cutting her ties with Joe Connelly after meeting his wife. Robbie's relationship with Tina (Maria Pitillo guest stars) falters. As Jim Hansen is walking with his faithful dog, Fearless, he is injured in a drive-by shooting.

8.) Best Man - Aired November 2, 2001
Chaos abounds as wedding bells ring for Robbie and Tina

9.) Act Naturally - Aired March 22, 2002
Syd and Joanie take a trip to Los Angeles and Syd contemplates returing to L.A. permanently. Joanie gets cast in a horror movie.

10.) A New Beginning - Aired October 4, 2002
Syd begins working at an acute care clinic ER under a new boss. Owen (George Newbern) poses an important question for Syd.

11.) Eye of the Storm - Aired December 13, 2002
Syd's good intentions put her in harm's way a week before her wedding. Robbie and Tina get a suprise visitor at the B&B.

12.) The Eleventh Hour - Aired December 21, 2002
Series two-hour finale; Syd prepares to embark on a new life with Owen until a hostage situation at the ER threatens her marital bliss.

This show won my heart the first time I ever saw it and I was a dedicated fan until it ended in 2002. I, like any other fan of the show, was sad to see it go but nothing lasts forever. I recommend buying this DVD. It has 12 of the better episodes of this series. Hopefully someday in the future, someone will put together the entire series on DVD.

P.S. If you want to watch all the old episodes of Providence, watch Lifetime. It aires at 1:00pm and 8:00pm.

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Providence Collection~Somewhat Disappointing, June 17, 2005

By	CireneL - See all my reviews

The episodes included in this set are good ones, but I would prefer a whole season. The most disappointing aspect of the set is that the original theme song isn't used as the intro to each episode! I felt cheated as the theme was such an integral part of the series.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Please release the entire series on DVD, September 26, 2004

By	Providence Fan (NY) - See all my reviews

This show was, and continues to be quality TV. To release only certain episodes from individual seasons is to not offer this delightful program its due justice. I'll no doubt purchase this DVD, but I'll never be satisfied until I am able to view every episode over and over again.