Editing Mystery Science Theater 3000 (section)

===Home media===
{{Main|List of Mystery Science Theater 3000 home video releases}}
Home video releases of ''MST3K'' episodes are complicated by the licensing rights of the featured film and any shorts, and as such many of the nationally televised episodes have not yet been released onto home video. Through the current distributor, [[Shout! Factory]], over 100 of the films have been cleared for home media distribution.<ref name="vulture ks"/> With Shout's release of the 39th volume of ''MST3K'' episodes in 2017, the company anticipated that only about a dozen episodes out of 197 from the original series' run will never make it to home video due to licensing rights issues of the movies featured.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/02/mst3k-dvd-unreleased-episodes/ | title = Next 'MST3K' DVD box set could be its last | first = Saqid | last = Shah | date = August 2, 2017 | access-date = August 2, 2017 | website = [[Engadget]] | archive-date = August 2, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170802110032/https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/02/mst3k-dvd-unreleased-episodes/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

Original home media releases were issued by [[Rhino Entertainment]], initially starting with single disc releases before switching to semi-regular four-episode volume sets. According to Hodgson, the people at Rhino who were involved in the distribution of ''MST3K'' eventually left Rhino and joined Shout!, helping to convince that publisher to acquire the rights from Rhino.<ref name="vulture ks">{{cite web | url = https://www.vulture.com/2015/11/mystery-science-theater-3000-how-it-came-back-to-life.html | title = How Mystery Science Theater 3000 Came Back to Life | date = November 24, 2015 | access-date = December 1, 2015 | first = Luke | last = McCormick | website = [[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] | archive-date = November 26, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151126194634/http://www.vulture.com/2015/11/mystery-science-theater-3000-how-it-came-back-to-life.html | url-status = live }}</ref> Since 2008, all releases of ''MST3K'' have been through Shout! (including some reprints of the first Rhino volume set) and have typically been multi-episode volumes or themed packs.

In 2014, 80 episodes of the show were made available for purchase or rental on the video streaming site [[Vimeo]].<ref>{{cite journal | url = http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/09/19/mystery_science_theater_3000_on_vimeo_10_best_mst3k_episodes_to_watch_of.html | title = Where Do I Start With Mystery Science Theater 3000? | first = Courtney | last = Duckworth | date = September 19, 2014 | access-date = December 2, 2015 | journal = [[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] | archive-date = November 21, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151121044257/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/09/19/mystery_science_theater_3000_on_vimeo_10_best_mst3k_episodes_to_watch_of.html | url-status = live }}</ref> Shout! has uploaded some episodes to [[YouTube]] with annotations, as documented by ''The Annotated MST'' fansite, to explain some of the sources of the jokes in the riffs.<ref name="avclub annotated">{{cite web | url = https://www.avclub.com/watch-an-annotated-mst3k-episode-for-free-on-youtube-1798273327 | title = Watch an annotated MST3K episode for free on YouTube | first = William | last = Hughes | date = October 22, 2015 | access-date = December 3, 2015 | website = [[The A.V. Club]] | archive-date = November 26, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211126154830/https://www.avclub.com/watch-an-annotated-mst3k-episode-for-free-on-youtube-1798273327 | url-status = live }}</ref> In February 2015, Shout! launched its own streaming service, Shout! Factory TV, of which selected episodes of ''MST3K'' were included on the service.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.engadget.com/2015/02/05/shout-factory-tv/ | title = Shout! Factory's free video service is a cult movie and TV fan's dream | date = February 5, 2015 | access-date = December 2, 2015 | website = [[Engadget]] | archive-date = December 8, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208142139/http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/05/shout-factory-tv/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Selected episodes were also made available on demand through RiffTrax starting in November 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.denofgeek.us/tv/mst3k/250416/mystery-science-theater-3000-and-rifftrax-team-up-for-mst3k-mondays | title = Mystery Science Theater 3000 and RiffTrax Team Up for MST3K Mondays | website = [[Den of Geek]] | first = Mike | last = Cecchini | date = November 9, 2015 | access-date = December 2, 2015 | archive-date = December 8, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208145413/http://www.denofgeek.us/tv/mst3k/250416/mystery-science-theater-3000-and-rifftrax-team-up-for-mst3k-mondays | url-status = dead }}</ref> Twenty episodes from previous ''MST3K'' seasons were released by [[Netflix]] in all regions in anticipation of the revival series.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Daniel|title=Netflix offers 20 classic 'MST3k' episodes to the world|url=https://www.engadget.com/2017/03/15/netflix-offers-20-classic-mst3k-episodes-to-the-world/|access-date=March 21, 2017|work=Engadget|date=March 15, 2017|archive-date=March 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320153630/https://www.engadget.com/2017/03/15/netflix-offers-20-classic-mst3k-episodes-to-the-world/|url-status=live}}</ref>

All episodes of Season 11 were released on a DVD/Blu-Ray box set on April 17, 2018, which includes a documentary behind the making of the first revival season.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/01/mst3ks-season-11-will-hit-blu-ray-in-april.html | title = MST3K's Season 11 Will Hit Blu-Ray in April | first = Jim | last = Vorel | date = January 21, 2018 | access-date = January 21, 2018 | website = [[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] | archive-date = January 22, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180122072144/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/01/mst3ks-season-11-will-hit-blu-ray-in-april.html | url-status = live }}</ref>