WHAT THE EXPERTS DO AND DON’T WATCH

Best cop shows

When They See Us

A new Netflix dramatisation of the true story of the Central Park Five, a group of young African-American men wrongly convicted for rape. The Thin Blue Line

Rowan Atkinson stars in this British sitcom written by Ben Elton about a small-town police station.

Worst cop show

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Investigator Tim McKinnel calls this wildly popular forensic procedural “unmitigated American rubbish”.

Best medical shows

Scrubs

A groundbreaking programme when it aired from 2001 to 2010, often using central character John Dorian’s (Zach Braff) technicolour daydreams as a storytelling device. Cardiac Arrest

Written by Jed Mercurio (who was still working as a doctor when it aired), this British drama gets the accuracy tick. Mercurio went on to write the series Bodies.

ER

Okay, in its 15 years on air, ER had its ebbs and flows, but for the work of Anthony Edwards and Noah Wyle alone, it earned its place on the list.

Worst medical show

House

This drama about a socially awkward doctor (Hugh Laurie) who diagnoses mystery illnesses was deemed overly complicated, with an unappealing main character.

Best legal shows

The Good Wife

Juliana Margulies stars as a mother and lawyer who returns to work after her politician husband is imprisoned.

Boston Legal

William Shatner and James Spader make merry mayhem in the courtroom and drink scotch on the patio.

Better Call Saul

The prequel to Breaking Bad tells the story of ex-con artist turned criminal lawyer Saul Goodman.

Worst legal show

Suits

It made Meghan Markle famous but is more concerned with personal drama than law and, for that reason, was panned.