Single Ladies

There's a lot of soap, and the dialogue can make you wince. But the characters just might make you care.

And so begin the one-night stands, screaming matches, freedom affirmations, back-seat seductions and enraged exits of this largely absurdist but not entirely useless almost-postracial soap.

It's not a particularly inspired serial, replete with tired situations, stiff dialogue and male characters possessing less dimension than those populating "Sex and the City," if that's possible.

This is a series for people who found "Sex and the City" too quick-witted and "The Wendy Williams Show" too intellectually stimulating.