Progress

The Complete Series

1-30-23: Rebooted the project! I now have the ability to upscale full episodes! I began by upscaling full episodes of season 3 to 1080p. Also adjusting the frame rate when needed and removing black borders.

2-6-23: Began upscaling full episodes of seasons 1 and 2 to 1080p to upload along with season 3's release.

2-9-23: Began uploading season 3 to archive.org. This process is incredibly slow even with perfect internet. This could take a couple days since season 3 is 21GB in size. 

2-9-23: Published season 3!

2-14-23: Completed season 1. Will begin uploading soon. Created a promo video for season 1's release. 

2-24-23: Published Season 1! Work continues on season 2.

3-18-23: Published Season 2! Yes, after season 3. They'll be in order from now on!

3-22-23: Continue work on season 4. 14 episodes are completed so far.

4-5-23: Season 4 is nearly compete. Working with other uses to recover a missing episode variant if possible before release.

4-6-23: Began upscaling Season 5. It will still need trimmed and checked, but the majority of the work is complete. The main challenge will be recovering variants of the live episodes if possible before release as they are currently lost media. 

4-18-23: Published Season 4! The search for the missing April Fools day episode continues.

5-3-23: Sourcing and upscaling Season 5. I'm anticipating a late May, early June release. 

6-24-23: Published Season 5! Better late than never right? Work on season 6 will begin in mid July when I return from vacation, so I have no anticipated release date as of now. 

7-14-23: Beginning with Season 6, I'll be using recordings from RewindTV thanks to recordings that were generously shared from the community! RewindTV unfortunately speeds up the episodes by 5%, but I recently found software to correct this without noticeable distortion. I'm anticipating an August release for this season. Stay tuned!

7-25-23: Published Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza upscaled to 720p, replacing my 2021 release.

8-11-23: Published Season 6! Further seasons will be published but are currently not being worked on.

8-26-23: Variations of the 'Drew Live' episodes were kindly sent to me, I will be restoring and uploading them in the near future.

9-27-23: Began uploading Season 7. Season 8 is now in the works!

9-29-23: Published Season 7! All three versions of 'Drew Live' are included!

10-11-23: The YouTube Channel Media Junkie Josh is terminated due to copyright takedowns from the full episodes of The Norm Show being claimed all at once.

10-12-23: The Drew Carey Show Remastered is removed from The Internet Archive.

12-14-23: Published Season 8! Every earlier season of the project is being hosted on Google Drive now, now including season 8. Season 9 is currently in the works as well. Alternate versions of 'Drew Live' episodes will be added to previous seasons soon!

12-28-23: Added the previously lost 'Drew Live' episodes from seasons 5 and 6.

12-29-23: Published Season 9! The entire series is now available in the highest quality possible without any speed alterations!

• TBA: Continue the search for missing variations of contest episodes and extras.

• TBA: Compile and share various assets from the show including original website art, promos and more.