Originally Posted by ringfire211 View Post
The same did not happen with KNIGHT RIDER which also featured popular songs of the day in many of its episodes. When the DVDs started coming out they simply replaced the original songs with cover songs performed by someone else. ... Truth be told a few of the cover songs sound pretty close to the originals so I can’t complain. But whoever was singing “Every Breath You Take” certainly didn’t sound like The Police. Shame because I really like that song.
Knight Rider had the covers from the word go. If they didn't, I would be surprised. I remember one episode had John Mellencamp's "The Authority Song" and it was a cover when it aired (I don't remember *exactly* what Mellencamp's name was at the time of release). So the fact that the DVDs have covers doesn't surprise me.

Universal did that a lot for all their shows including "Magnum, P.I."