diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTest.cs b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTest.cs
index e93540ad3..f15ba6f87 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTest.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTest.cs
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test
         [Row("The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 2011 04 15 1080i HDTV DD5 1 MPEG2 TrollHD", "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno", 2011, 04, 15)]
         [Row("The.Daily.Show.2010.10.11.Johnny.Knoxville.iTouch-MW", "The.Daily.Show", 2010, 10, 11)]
         [Row("The Daily Show - 2011-04-12 - Gov. Deval Patrick", "The.Daily.Show", 2011, 04, 12)]
+        [Row("2011.01.10 - Denis Leary - HD TV.mkv", "", 2011, 1, 10)]
+        [Row("2011.03.13 - Denis Leary - HD TV.mkv", "", 2011, 3, 13)]
         public void episode_daily_parse(string postTitle, string title, int year, int month, int day)
         {
             var result = Parser.ParseEpisodeInfo(postTitle);
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Parser.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Parser.cs
index b8553aae7..73bf457ad 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Parser.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Parser.cs
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core
 
         private static readonly Regex[] ReportTitleRegex = new[]
                                 {
-                                    new Regex(@"^(?<title>.+?)?\W?(?<year>\d{4}?)?\W+(?<airyear>\d{4})\W+(?<airmonth>\d{2})\W+(?<airday>\d{2})\W?(?!\\)",
+                                    new Regex(@"^(?<title>.+?)?\W*(?<airyear>\d{4})\W+(?<airmonth>\d{2})\W+(?<airday>\d{2})\W?(?!\\)",
                                         RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled),
                                     new Regex(@"^(?<title>.*?)?(?:\W?S?(?<season>\d{1,2}(?!\d+))(?:(?:\-|\.|[ex]|\s|\sto\s){1,2}(?<episode>\d{1,2}(?!\d+)))+)+\W?(?!\\)",
                                         RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled),
-                                    new Regex(@"^(?<title>.+?)?\W?(?<year>\d{4}?)?(?:\W(?<season>\d+)(?<episode>\d{2}))+\W?(?!\\)",
+                                    new Regex(@"^(?<title>.+?)?\W?(?:\W(?<season>\d+)(?<episode>\d{2}))+\W?(?!\\)",
                                         RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled),
                                     //Supports 103/113 naming
                                     new Regex(@"^(?<title>.*?)?(?:\W?S?(?<season>\d{1,2}(?!\d+))(?:(?:\-|\.|[ex]|\s|to)+(?<episode>\d+))+)+\W?(?!\\)",