A 'Love'-ly look at classic TV

These new TV shows on DVD are led by a popular late-'60s comedy series, with a very young Harrison Ford in one episode. They are scheduled to be on store shelves Tuesday.

TV series

• "Love, American Style: Season One, Volume One" (CBS/Paramount, 1969, three discs, $36.99). This anthology comedy show was a combination of the traditional sitcom and "Laugh-In"-style skits. Each weekly hour included three or four unrelated stories with different guest stars, primarily TV personalities of the period, and a series of blackouts with an ensemble cast, the most recognizable member being Stuart Margolin.

Amusing, stereotypical and very much of its time — plaid sport jackets, colorful miniskirts — as "nice" was giving way to "naughty."

Among the stars here are Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, Regis Philbin, Flip Wilson, Bill Bixby, Connie Stevens, Phyllis Diller, Rich Little, and many more — including the aforementioned Ford, as a cocky college student who has second thoughts about eloping with his girlfriend.

Apparently, first-season episodes were filmed and numbered but then aired out of order. As listed in the DVD box, these are in the chronological order they originally aired, but the episode numbers jump from 1 to 17, with several out of order or missing.

Extras: full frame, 12 episodes

• "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: The Seventh Season" (CBS/Paramount, 2006-07, seven discs, $99.99). The original "CSI" series, set in Las Vegas, maintains high ratings and rabid fans, and the cast — led by William Petersen — remains first-rate. This set periodically checks in with a season-long arc about the "miniature killer." And, of course, it occasionally gets a bit too raunchy or gory — or both.

Extras: widescreen, audio commentaries, featurettes

• "Inside the Actors Studio: Johnny Depp" (Shout! 2007, $14.98). James Lipton and students interview Johnny Depp, who's surprisingly forthcoming about his career and life, and he comes off as charming and winning ... but then, you knew that. Fans should be in heaven.

Extras: full frame

• "Melrose Place: The Third Season" (CBS/Paramount, 1994-95, eight discs, $61.99). Heather Locklear, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Daphne Zuniga, Marcia Cross, etc., star in the third season of this prime-time soap, a spin-off of "Beverly Hills, 90210." Jack Wagner joins the cast this season, as the residents of the title apartment complex, the nearby beachhouse, and the hospital, mix it up.