Editing ReBoot (section)

== Telecast and digital releases ==
=== Television airings ===
''ReBoot'' was first aired on Saturday mornings in Canada on [[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]] and in the U.S. in 1994 by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. It was canceled by ABC after [[The Walt Disney Company]] purchased the network in 1996. Episodes continued to air in Canada. Some episodes from the first and second seasons could still be seen in the U.S. when [[Claster Television]] distributed them during the 1996–97 season as part of ''The Power Block'', with different shows airing in one timeslot on different days; ''ReBoot'' aired on Thursdays. It would be a year until new episodes aired on YTV due to Mainframe's involvement in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers]]'' (known as ''Beasties'' in Canada) and ''[[Shadow Raiders]]'',<ref name="takeone97">{{cite news |url=http://www.inwap.com/mf/reboot/mfe-inc/TakeOne.html |last=Freeman |first=Mark |title=Mainframe ReBoots with Beasties |work=[[Take One (Canadian magazine)|Take One]] |page=42 |date=Summer 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009132644/http://www.inwap.com/mf/reboot/mfe-inc/TakeOne.html |archive-date=October 9, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the third season aired only on YTV at the time. In April 1999, sixteen months after the third season finale on YTV, it debuted in the US market on [[Cartoon Network]] (who would also premiere the fourth and final season in 2000), airing in repeats until 2001.

Production on other shows delayed the fourth season of ''ReBoot'', the eight episodes of which eventually were aired in the U.S., but were also put together as two 90-minute direct-to-DVD features that ended on a [[cliffhanger]] [[season finale]]. The show's creators Blair and Pearson resigned from Mainframe Entertainment in 2004 to form their own independent studio, The Shop.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/features/platinum-sends-dylan-dog-to-the-shop/ |title=Platinum Sends ''Dylan Dog'' to The Shop |last=Ball |first=Ryan |date=December 15, 2004 |work=[[Animation Magazine]] |access-date=August 11, 2006 |archive-date=August 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807091539/http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/platinum-sends-dylan-dog-to-the-shop/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The show also aired in the United Kingdom from January 4, 1995 until April 9, 1998, on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] network as part of their CITV programming block. When it came to the third season, Meridian only purchased the broadcasting rights for the first 10 episodes of the season<ref name="ReBoot in the UK">{{cite web|url=http://www.inwap.com/mf/reboot/network/ITV.html|title= ReBoot in the UK| publisher= Joe Smith| location= unknown| date= n.d.}}</ref> and on July 17, 1997, CITV started airing season 3 before anywhere else in the world;<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.inwap.com/mf/reboot/episodes/311.html|title= ReBoot: To Mend and Defend| publisher=Joe Smith| date=n.d.}}</ref> however, this run came to a halt in August after the sixth episode, "Where No Sprite Has Gone Before". On February 12, 1998, CITV reaired the show from the season 2 episode "Trust No One" until going into the episodes that had yet to be aired at that point. When "To Mend and Defend" should have aired, the episode "Firewall" was substituted since "To Mend And Defend" received 19 complaints from viewers who claimed "the violence was unacceptable and the characters were inappropriate in a children's programme shown at this time" on its original airing in July 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/itc/itc_publications/complaints_reports/programme_complaints/show_complaint.asp-prog_complaint_id=12.html |title=Programme Complaints & Interventions Report |publisher=[[Ofcom]] |location=UK |date=n.d. |archive-date=February 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221205028/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/itc/itc_publications/complaints_reports/programme_complaints/show_complaint.asp-prog_complaint_id=12.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It was not specified, however, why the following episode, "Between a Raccoon and a Hard Place", was omitted from the run. The run was abruptly stopped without warning after the episode "Return of the Crimson Binome", and the remainder of the series wasn't aired due to ITV deeming the content unsuitable.<ref name="ReBoot in the UK"/> After the abrupt end of the run, several British fans contacted ITV in order to persuade them to air the remaining episodes, and ITV replied saying that the show's low ratings made them wary of acquiring the broadcast rights to the remaining episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!starred/alt.tv.reboot/Q8flz7sIAOE|title=ITV Replies (Usenet group alt.tv.reboot -archived on Google Groups)| publisher=unknown| location=unknown}}</ref>

The first season was shown in [[Ireland]] on [[RTÉ2]] in 1995.<ref>[[RTÉ Guide]], 14–20 January 1995 edition</ref> In Germany, it premiered on [[Kika (TV channel)|KiKa]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fernsehserien.de/reboot/sendetermine/kika/-1|title=ReBoot! Sendetermine KiKA 02.01.1997 – 05.01.2001 – fernsehserien.de|date=5 January 2001 | publisher=imfernsehen GmbH & Co. KG| location=Germany}}</ref>

=== Home media ===
In Canada, four VHS tapes were released in 1995 with individual episodes from the first season through [[Polygram Video]]. Each release contained a single episode: "Medusa Bug", "Wizards, Warriors, and a Word from Our Sponsor", "The Great Brain Robbery", and "Talent Night". In the United Kingdom, receiving two VHS releases, but with two episodes each: Volume 1 contained "The Tearing" and "Racing the Clock", while Volume 2 had "The Quick and the Fed" and "Medusa Bug".<ref>{{cite web|author= Smith, Joe | publisher = The Unofficial ReBoot Home Page|title=Reboot Video Tapes and DVD|url=http://www.inwap.com/mf/reboot/Video.html|date=November 2001|access-date=2006-07-08}}</ref>

The second season was never released, even though Polygram retained the rights to publish the episodes on home video via their deal for the first season. Despite this, in 2000, Mainframe struck a deal with the US [[ADV Films|A.D. Vision]] to release the third season on DVD.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.advfilms.com/prtext.html?8 |title="ReBoot" Home Video Collection to Be Released by ADV Films" press release |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001211192200/http://www.advfilms.com/prtext.html?8 |archive-date=2000-12-11 | publisher = ADVfilms.com | access-date=2006-07-08 }}</ref>
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[[Starz Home Entertainment|Anchor Bay Entertainment]] released the fourth season in its original form as two films (''Daemon Rising'' and ''My Two Bobs'') on one DVD entitled "ReBoot v4.0" which went out of print in early 2007. It was improperly mastered as the 25 frame/s source material was treated as 24 frame/s film speed material, meaning [[3:2 pulldown]] flags were encoded into the MPEG stream, which resulted in the video playing back 4.096% slower and all the voices sounding deeper. Anchor Bay corrected and remastered the fourth season's disc and made it available by contacting them for a replacement; these discs are now also out of print. The fourth season has also been released in Australia in its original [[PAL]] video format, which is still in print. In Germany, it has DVD (PAL format) releases of all of season 2 and in Russia, has DVD (PAL format) releases for the first three seasons (though the first few season 3 episodes are counted as season 2), but the DVDs' soundtracks were dubbed in language.
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[[Shout! Factory]] acquired the rights to the show in October 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/ReBoot-The-Complete-Series/14499 |title=ReBoot DVD news: DVD Plans for ReBoot |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com |date=October 5, 2010 |access-date=October 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008132609/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/ReBoot-The-Complete-Series/14499 |archive-date=October 8, 2010 }}</ref> and released seasons 1 and 2 as a standalone title on March 1, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/ReBoot-Seasons-1-and-2/14797 |title=ReBoot DVD news: Announcement for ReBoot – Seasons 1 & 2 |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com |access-date=2011-05-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825091144/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/ReBoot-Seasons-1-and-2/14797 |archive-date=2011-08-25 }}</ref> On the same date, the complete series went on sale as a box set (titled "ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Collection") exclusively through Shout's official online store months before the set was scheduled to be on retail shelves.<ref>[http://www.rebootrevival.com/?p=649 ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715162843/http://rebootrevival.com/?p=649 |date=2011-07-15 }} Retrieved on: 03-08-2011</ref> Seasons 3 and 4 were released on June 28, 2011, as well as a general retail release of the complete series set.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/ReBoot-Seasons-3-and-4/15125 |title=ReBoot DVD news: Box Art for ReBoot – Seasons 3 & 4 |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com |access-date=2011-05-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322025628/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/ReBoot-Seasons-3-and-4/15125 |archive-date=2011-03-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/ReBoot-Definitive-Mainframe-Edition-Seasons-3-and-4/15106 |title=ReBoot DVD news: Announcement for ReBoot – Seasons 3 & 4 and ReBoot – The Definitive Mainframe Edition |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com |date=2007-05-25 |access-date=2011-05-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313075514/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/ReBoot-Definitive-Mainframe-Edition-Seasons-3-and-4/15106 |archive-date=2011-03-13 }}</ref>

As of 2023, the show is available to watch on streaming service [[Pluto TV]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/series/reboot/season/1 | title=Pluto TV - Drop in. Watch Free }}</ref>