Editing Dark Shadows (section)

===Home media===
[[Lost television broadcast#Soap operas|Unlike some other soap operas of its era]], the episodes of ''Dark Shadows'' all were preserved in some format, although one episode exists only as an audio recording and several color episodes only have black and white kinescopes available.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Guiley |first1=Rosemary Ellen |title=The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Monsters |date=2005 |publisher=Facts on File |location=New York |isbn=9781438130019 |page=99 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5soL2qxSBDgC&dq=%22dark+shadows%22+kinescopes+audio&pg=PA99 |access-date=2021-08-21}}</ref>

[[MPI Media Group|MPI Home Video]] currently holds the home media rights to the series. All episodes were issued on [[VHS]] from 1989 through 1995. Episodes 210–1245 ([[Barnabas Collins]]' arrival through to the end of the series) have been released on [[DVD]] in 26 ''Collections'' from 2002 through 2006. Episodes 1–209 were released in 2007 under the title of ''Dark Shadows: The Beginning''. On April 3, 2012, MPI re-released the 32 ''Collections''. The first (and sometimes, the second) collection (from Barnabas's introduction) has been released internationally, but due to generally low sales, this has been the extent of the international release of the series.

On April 10, 2012, MPI released a "Limited Edition Complete Series" box set in the shape of a coffin. The 131 DVDs are housed in 22 individual plastic cases, with the spines looking upward to show the entire body of Barnabas lying asleep in his coffin. Only 2,500 numbered copies of these were made, with each set including a limited edition card signed by original series star Jonathan Frid. A similar but unlimited "Deluxe Edition" set was subsequently released on July 10, 2012, without the limited edition card signed by Jonathan Frid and without the serial limitation number plate on the bottom of the box.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Dark-Shadows-The-Complete-Original-Series/16735 |title=Dark Shadows DVD news: Update about Dark Shadows&nbsp;— The Complete Original Series |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com |access-date=May 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501141400/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Dark-Shadows-The-Complete-Original-Series/16735 |archive-date=May 1, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Dark-Shadows-Complete-Series/12182|title=Dark Shadows&nbsp;– The Complete Original Series DVD Information|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com|access-date=June 8, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613201137/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Dark-Shadows-Complete-Series/12182|archive-date=June 13, 2012}}</ref>