THE problem with dramas, particularly ones which come in several parts, is that you have to stick with the first episode, not draw too much from it and just hope the hour you've invested in learning about the characters is worth it.
I reckon that True Dare Kiss (BBC 1, 9pm) will prove to be one of those ones worth investing in.
Hmmm, maybe from that last sentence I should conclude that I've watched too much Tycoon - words like 'invest' and 'viable' keep appearing in the wrong sentences. Next I'll be asking for the freezer to be liquidated.
Anyway, back to tonight's new drama, which, for the record, is a six-parter. Debbie Horsfield, she of Cutting It, Making Out and Riff Raff Element writing fame, is back in town with a drama all about a long-buried family secret that is exhumed after the death of the family's father in a large house all set to be pulled down.
As a result of the death, four sisters are reunited after 20 years when Stan (the dad) has died - he dies after hooded youths cause a nuisance outside his house, which looks remarkable like the scary house that Bart Simpson apears to visit for each Halloween special.
The key characters are played by Lorraine Ashbourne, Esther Hall, Dercla Kirwan and Pooky Quesnel (real name or Equity name, do you think?) along with Paul Hilton, who plays the one brother in the house.
What happens next is what will take it through five episodes - catching up on the past, finding out why they were seperated and so on. It should be worth sticking around for.
But at the same time you could quite easily be forgiven for heading straight for E4 at 9pm for the return of Scrubs which, for those not in the know is the hilarious, and never repeated too often on E4, comedy set in Sacred Heart Hospital.
It never takes itself too seriously, and really deserves a much wider audience in the UK. The sixth season starts tonight. JD tries to imagine himself as a father. Dr Cox realises that his constant anger may have future repercussions. Elliot laments that she is the only one in the hospital not having a baby
And if you're in the mood for more American comedy fun, then the incredibly random My Name Is Earl is on C4 at 10pm. Arrested Development star Judy Greer guest stars tonight as a girl teased at school about her moustache. Earl and Randy track her down, as part of the quest to clear the karmic list, to find she's made peace with her facial hair. If this sounds like you have to be in with it to understand it, then you're half right - but it's dead easy to get into so off you go!
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