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DON'T TELL THE BRIDE - SEASON TWO

My guilty pleasure. Don’t Tell the Bride should be awful. It gives the groom full control of his wedding, which he must plan in secret, and a budget of £12,000. He does everything, from booking the venue and entertainment to choosing the bridesmaids’ dresses and planning the hen do. Its entire premise is a sort of 1970s washing powder ad conceit that, when it comes to heterosexual relationships, all men are a bit useless and insensitive and dim, and all women are romantic and demanding and shrill, and if you put those two traits together on the most stressful day of people’s lives, then decent television is born.

COME DINE WITH ME - SEASON NINE

Comedian Dave Lamb provides a sarcastic voice-over to the light-hearted series, which sees four or five contestants take it in turns to host a dinner party, with each giving the host a score out of 10. The host with the most points at the end of the week then wins £1,000. Just typical day-time TV to pass the time.

AMERICAN DAD - SEASON FIVE

As with "Guy," the idea is to cram this new animated cartoon series with a laugh a second, or at least a second-by-second attempt. Trouble is, too many of the laughs are so-so, too fleetingly funny or disturbingly potty-mouthed.

DANCE 360 - SEASON ONE

It was alright... while it lasted. A good concept, it's a shame it didn't get the backing it needed.

MELISSA & JOEY - SEASON THREE

Old-chestnut premise notwithstanding, the show wants to be modern, and the humor occasionally pushes further than one might expect from a family comedy.

THE BIG BANG THEORY - SEASON ONE

Even if the jokes on this show weren’t tired and mean-spirited, it would be hard to care about any comedy that hates its own lead characters so much.

NEW GIRL - SEASON ONE

Boy, has she pulled the bangs over everyone's eyes with this atrociously cutesy sitcom.

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER - SEASON ONE

It is a little better than most other sitcoms, past and present -- especially those featuring wacky urban friends in their twenties experiencing the bittersweet mysteries of life. Some episodes lackluster but it does pass the time when needed, I'm slightly surprised Jason Segal stuck with it as he is such a good actor/ comedian. However, the comedy that does occur in How I Met Your Mother isn't enough to compensate for its inconsistencies.

FRIENDS - SEASON TEN

At its best, Friends operates like a first-rate Broadway farce, complete with slamming doors, twisty plots, and intricately strung together jokes. And even when it's not at its best, the crack acting and piquant punchlines give Friends a momentum and charm that win you over even if you're not laughing. A true classic.

CHARMED - SEASON EIGHT

Charmed has an entertaining little way about it, with Spelling and company mostly striking a solid balance between escapist slapchtick and mild horror. If the opening hour isn't terribly concerned with issues of believability, relatability and self-parody, it's likely a saucy enough brew for the WB's target 12-24 demo to swallow. It's just a Classic.