"Sports Night" Gets A Little 10th Anniversary Love

Everybody's got a few pet shows that were cancelled too soon. They make us raise our fists to the sky and curse network execs everywhere, but thanks to DVD they live on in our hearts forever. "Sports Night" is one of those shows for me, as well as many other fans of the fast-talking, fast-walking style of Aaron Sorkin. There was a no-frills DVD package put out in 2002, but it's out-of-print and impossible to find. Fortunately for us True Fans, there's a rumor that we'll get a 10th anniversary edition.

The 1998 series only lasted a season and a half, but unlike "Studio 60," Sorkin's other short-lived behind-the-camera series, it was really excellent television that didn't deserve to get chased off the screen. Set in a "Sportscenter"-esque late night sports news show, the show was a little too serious for its half-hour format and a little too funny for a drama. It starred Felicity Huffman before she became a Really Big Deal, along with Robert Guilliame, Joshua Malina (later recycled to "The West Wing"), the adorable Peter Krause ("Six Feet Under" and now "Dirty Sexy Money") and the adorabler Josh Charles (who you remember best from "Dead Poets Society" if you're anything like me), along with many others. If this 10th anniversary rumor becomes a reality, go forth and rent or buy it.