diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/SortHelperTest.cs b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/SortHelperTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbbc675e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/SortHelperTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// ReSharper disable RedundantUsingDirective
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using AutoMoq;
+using FizzWare.NBuilder;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using Moq;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Helpers;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Model.Notification;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Providers;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Providers.Jobs;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Repository;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Test.Framework;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    // ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
+    public class SortHelperTest : TestBase
+    {
+        //American Gladiators
+        //Ancient Apocalypse
+        //There Will Be Brawl
+
+        [TestCase("The Office (US)", "Office (US)")]
+        [TestCase("A Man in Anger", "Man in Anger")]
+        [TestCase("An Idiot Abroad", "Idiot Abroad")]
+        [TestCase("American Gladiators", "American Gladiators")]
+        [TestCase("Ancient Apocalyps", "Ancient Apocalyps")]
+        [TestCase("There Will Be Brawl", "There Will Be Brawl")]
+        [TestCase("30 Rock", "30 Rock")]
+        [TestCase(null, "")]
+        public void SkipArticles(string title, string expected)
+        {
+            var result = SortHelper.SkipArticles(title);
+            result.Should().Be(expected);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Helpers/SortHelper.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Helpers/SortHelper.cs
index 0b71cef62..853e570ce 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Helpers/SortHelper.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Helpers/SortHelper.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Helpers
     {
         public static string SkipArticles(string input)
         {
+            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(input))
+                return String.Empty;
+
             var articles = new List<string> { "The ", "An ", "A " };
 
             foreach (string article in articles)