Editing Get Smart (section)

==Home media and rights==
All five seasons are available as box sets in [[DVD region code|Region 1]] (United States, Canada, and others) and Region 4 (Australia, New Zealand, and others). The Region 1 discs are published by [[HBO Home Video]], and Region 4 by [[Time Life|Time Life Video]]. Each Region 1 box contains 4 discs, while Region 4 editions have a 5th disc with bonus material. Region 4 editions are also available as individual discs with four to five episodes per disc. The Season 1 set was released in both regions in 2008. Seasons 2 and 3 box sets were released in Region 4 on July 23, 2008. Seasons 4 and 5 were released in Region 4 on November 5, 2008. Seasons 2–5 in Region 1 were released throughout 2009.

Another box set of the complete series is available in both regions, first published in 2006 by Time Life Video. In 2009 the Region 1 edition was replaced by an HBO edition, and became more widely available.<ref>{{cite web|title=Get Smart – Release Date Moved Closer for the Retail Release of The Complete Series!|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Smart-The-Complete-Series/10630|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026093629/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Smart-The-Complete-Series/10630|archive-date=October 26, 2012}}</ref>  All editions contain a 5th disc for each season, with bonus material. The set has 25 discs altogether.

The first four seasons were produced for NBC by Talent Associates. When it moved to CBS at the start of Season 5, it became an in-house production, with Talent Associates as a silent partner. The series was sold to NBC Films for syndication.

Over decades, U.S. distribution has changed from [[National Telefilm Associates]] to [[Republic Pictures]], to [[Worldvision Enterprises]], to [[Paramount Domestic Television]], to [[CBS Paramount Domestic Television]], to [[CBS Television Distribution]], to the current distributor, [[CBS Media Ventures]]. For decades, the syndication rights of all but a handful of the fifth-season episodes (that season being originally co-owned by Talent Associates and CBS) were encumbered with restrictions and reporting requirements;{{specify|date=March 2011}} as a result, most of that season was rarely seen in syndication (though they were shown with more regularity on [[Nick at Nite]] and [[TV Land]]). The distribution changes (including the loosening of restrictions on the fifth season) were the result of corporate changes, especially the 2006 split of Viacom (owners of Paramount Pictures) into two companies.

[[HBO]] owns the copyrights to the series itself, due to Time-Life Films' 1977 acquisition of Talent Associates. Home videos are distributed by HBO Home Video. For a time the DVD release was only available through Time-Life (a former Time Warner division). [[Warner Bros. Television]] owns international distribution rights.

On August 10, 2015, the entire series was officially released on digital streaming platforms for the first time in preparation for its 50th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://archive.moviecitynews.com/2015/07/hbo-digitizes-mel-brooks-buck-henrys-get-smart-for-50th-anniversary|title=HBO Digitizes Mel Brooks & Buck Henry's "Get Smart" For 50th Anniversary|date=July 23, 2015 |publisher=Movie City News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/digital-hd/Streaming/HBO/mel-brooks/get-smart/digital-hd-platforms-will-get-smart-in-august/24826|title=Digital HD Platforms Will 'Get Smart' in August|publisher=High-Def Digest}}</ref>