The years roll back; we’re ‘thirtysomething’ again

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It left the air in 1991. Finally, the ABC drama about fretful boomers is headed to DVD.

Michael ‘n’ Hope. Elliot ‘n’ Nancy. Melissa. Ellyn. And poor Gary.

You knew them once and you can know them again. After 18 long years, the hand-wringing, self-reflecting, yuppie Philadelphian boomers of ‘thirtysomething’ will enter the (legal) home video market: Season 1 of the seminal drama is scheduled for DVD release on Aug. 25, with its three subsequent seasons coming out at an approximate rate of every six months.

Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, ‘thirtysomething’s’ creators -- who were also behind, among other projects, ‘My So-Called Life’ and ‘Once and Again’ on television and the movies ‘Legends of the Fall’ and ‘Traffic’ -- described the coming revival of the ABC drama as a ‘lovely gift’ and ‘fun.’

Zwick, during a recent phone interview, said, ‘The fact that they were inaccessible was oddly discomfiting.’

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-- Kate Aurthur