Television series released on DVD this week include:

Television series released on DVD this week include:

v “The Sopranos”: (complete Blu-ray set) There once was a time on television when it was easy to tell the good guys from the bad guys. But television bad guys changed because of this series. No one personified the new television bad guy more than Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), who headlines the critically acclaimed HBO series. You can see all of his good and evil clearly as the entire series is released in one Blu-ray set. It is still one of the best series in TV history.

v “The Newsroom”: (complete second season) Aaron Sorkin’s look inside a cable newsroom. Jeff Daniels stars.

v “Reno 911!”: (complete uncensored series) Includes six seasons of the comedy series.

v “Hill Street Blues”: (season three) Features 22 episodes from the Emmy Award-winning drama.

v “Sgt. Bilko/The Phil Silvers Show”: (the complete series) Military comedy that ran from 1955-1959.

CMA Awards (8 p.m., ABC): Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley are back again to host the 48th annual CMA Awards from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Among the performers are Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw and Keith Urban.

“Criminal Minds” (9 p.m., CBS): Murder victims with their cellphones crammed into their mouths? I hope they’re not those new, huge iPhones.

“The Game” (10 p.m., BBC America): If suspenseful spy thrillers are your thing, you’ll definitely want to get your head into “The Game.” It’s a six-part saga that follows a young MI5 agent (Tom Hughes) who, in the early 1970s, races to uncover intel about a devastating Soviet plot that could change the course of the Cold War.

TV listings, B6

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

JFK assassination play is now on DVD

YOUNGSTOWN

The original play “Specter of Treason — The Oswald Trial,” written, directed and produced by J.E. Ballantyne Jr. of Youngstown, is now available on DVD.

The play constructs a “what if” scenario in which suspected President Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald survives the gunshot wounds inflicted by Jack Ruby and goes on trial. The play is essentially Oswald’s fictional trial with the audience acting as the jury.

The stage production was presented last year at the Victorian Players Theater.

The DVD is $25. To order, call 330-799-6176 or send a check made payable to J.E. Ballantyne Jr. for $25 plus $3 shipping and handling to J&B Production Arts Services, 7130 Locust Ave., Suite 12, Youngstown, OH 44512.

Ballantyne said the DVD for the accompanying JFK seminar, “JFK and Dallas,” which took place at Youngstown State University, will be available in the near future.