The Last Dance, the 10-part ESPN documentary series on the Chicago Bulls during the 1997-98 season, will be released on Sunday, April 19.

The director, Jason Hehir, talked to the Associated Press about moving the release date due to COVID-19:

“I’m happy if we can bring a little bit of light to people in a dark time here … Sports are such an indelible part of our cultural fabric and lacking that … there’s a significant hole in enjoyment that people feel, the escape that people can feel from everyday life that sports brings us.

“Normally, to do an hourlong archival documentary from start to finish, it takes about a year from the inception of the idea to the research to doing all the shooting to getting it all together, storyboarding it out, mapping it out, editing, getting notes back, it takes about a year.

“We’re doing 10 of those. And we had a little bit over two years to do it so we’re already working at five times our normal rate.”

There are no sports taking place right now because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This documentary is going to be epic given how iconic the 1990s Bulls were, and there’s no better time than now for ESPN to air it.

The Bulls won six titles in the 1990s, going a perfect 6-0 in the Finals. This documentary is about the final season of the Michael Jordan-Scottie Pippen-Phil Jackson era in Chicago.

The Bulls defeated the Utah Jazz in the 1998 Finals. Jordan hit the game-winning shot in Game 6 with 5.6 seconds left in regulation. It was his final basket with the Bulls.

Jordan finished his NBA career with averages of 30.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.3 assists with the Bulls and Wizards. The Bulls legend was the 1985 Rookie of the Year, a 14-time All-Star, three-time steals champion, an 11-time All-NBA member, the 1998 Defensive Player of the Year, a five-time regular-season MVP, 10-time scoring champion and a three-time All-Star game MVP.