Select in the late 1990s, first screening the early episodes daily and then in a weekly slot Fridays at 20.00 as episodes became more recent. Episodes to the later part of the 1997 season were shown before the series was dropped. Home media Home media overview 2005-2011: Paramount Pictures released each season of Blue Heelers on DVD. July 2013: The production company, Endemol Australia formerly Southern Star Productions stated there are no plans at this stage to re-release. November 2015: Channel 7 said that there are still no plans to re-release Blue Heelers on DVD or Blu-ray. May 2017: Via Vision Entertainment stated they would be re-releasing Blue Heelers on DVD. 2017-2018: Via Vision Entertainment released four collection boxset sets of Blue Heelers which featured all 510 episodes. 2018: Via Vision Entertainment released Blue Heelers: The Complete Collection. August 2018: 7PLUS (Channel 7 Streaming Service) starting releasing all episodes. VHS releases DVD releases Streaming Reception Critical response Described by critics before its launch as "A Country Practice meets Cop Shop", and as "the contemporary cousin of British cop show, Heartbeat", Blue Heelers was not anticipated by critics to become a hugely popular programme. Viewership It became a hit TV show soon after it began airing. During most of its broadcast, Blue Heelers was very popular in Australia, regularly attracting up to 2.5 million viewers, and up to 3.5 million viewers at its peak. Throughout the show's broadcast it continually drew a strong audience, regularly appearing among the top-rating prime time programmes on Australian television. Viewership of Blue Heelers never dropped below 1 million viewers. The episodes "Gold" and "Fool's Gold" (episodes 140 and 141), which aired during the programme's fourth season, were two of the most popular Blue Heelers episodes. Each drew 2.5 million viewers, considered a huge achievement in 1997.Blue Heelers' executive producer, Gus Howard believed the show's popularity was due mainly to the quality of the cast. Much of the show's sixth season, as well as the first 10 episodes of its seventh season, were the most watched episodes of the series. These episodes focus of the death of Maggie Doyle (played by Lisa McCune). Maggie's being shot and left for dead during episode 255, "One More Day", was ranked by TV Week as the third most memorable moment of a drama series on Australian television. Awards and nominations In terms of awards, Blue Heelers is regarded as