I got my grubby little hands on a set of DVD copies of VHS copies of this great show I always remember as one of those great shows that get cancelled far too soon. The video quality is not great, very fuzzy, but it does not prevent me from completely enjoying this series. I just watched four episodes in a row, and I'm not one for sitting down and watching a lot of TV.I agree that they should release this show as a DVD release. I would buy a better copy, but in the mean time, I love my crappy, amateur made DVDs like crazy! The stories are complex and witty, the chemistry between Piven and everyone is great, and paying close attention to the rapid fire repartee is handsomely rewarding. There, is that ten lines of text for you, IMDb?

I just happened to stumble across it for the first time when I was working out of town and in my hotel room. Wow, I thought, what a good show. After that I was hooked and luckily I had a friend who used to record everything so I was able to get copies of the full run from him. Much like Freaks and Geeks, another great series that the networks didn't know what to do with, this show did not deserve to be canceled. At least F&G was rerun and released on DVD. Cupid hasn't been seen in the U.S. since its original ABC run. Even when ABC tried to bring it back a decade later with a different cast, they still didn't know what to do with it and stuck it on the schedule in late March with no promotion. Screw you, ABC. You suck.

I've been watching the new series Entourage and really like Piven's character. Although Entourage is a great show, it's really not in the same category as Cupid was. I remember watching a few episodes of Cupid and thought it was one of the THE best shows ever written and produced. I'm glad to see all the positive reviews even after the show was canceled a while ago. Hopefully someone will finally make the big push to put this series on DVD to cure all the Cupid's fan's appetites, its the least they can do since the show is no longer being produced, otherwise that would truly be ideal. Jeremy Piven is a wonderfully diverse actor and has been nominated for quite a few awards but I still think he is very under-rated for his performances.

"Cupid" was the lovely Paula Marshall's second of four short-lived series in as many years (after "Chicago Sons," and before "Snoops" and the appropriately named "Cursed"). In addition to ABC cancelling it after 14 episodes aired, this charmer (the show, not Paula) made its way to UK screens in 2001 on Channel 5, which showed all fifteen episodes in an idiotic weekday afternoon slot - fortunately I was off work while it was on, otherwise I'd have never known what I'd have missed.To wit: Spot-on acting from Jeremy Piven as the man who may or may not have been Cupid (one of the series's many strengths was that it never actually said for sure whether or not he was the god of love, preferring instead to let us make up our own minds), Jeffrey D. Sams as his actor roommate who was determined to make it without doing stereotyped black roles, and Marshall as the psychiatrist in charge of our hero's case - in charge for sure, but never unsympathetic.Romantic entanglements that didn't always work out, even though the viewer always hoped they would (and which made it even sweeter when they did).Just enough edge to take the sugar off for those who detest sentimentality, but enough whimsy to maintain the feeling of fantasy - a tough act to pull off but creator Rob Thomas and the other writers pulled it off. Captivating, funny and touching all the way, this may have been doomed by its very concept (shows where someone has to achieve a set number of tasks never seem to work - "Brimstone," "The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage," etc), but at least it went out before it had a chance to degenerate.For what it's worth, I think he was the real deal.