HUM the theme tune to LA Law and there'll be few people unable to identify the long-running TV series. Most will also go on to name several of the characters, but ask them what happened in the last series and memories begin to falter.
There was a time when the saga of Los Angeles law firm Mackenzie, Brackman (and anyone else in favour at the time) just couldn't fail to please. For five years it basked in lavish critical acclaim, scored massive ratings worldwide and picked up Emmy awards like they were going out of fashion.
But the past two years have seen a dramatic decline in the programme's popularity Stateside. Such has been the fall from favour that NBC has been forced to make a dramatic U-turn to prevent the series itself from being found guilty and sentenced to death.
In Hongkong, LA Law is broadcast a season behind the US. The sixth series is the one which really turned America off and it starts here on Sunday (World, 9.30pm), so the jury's still out on whether Hongkong viewers will also choose to condemn.
US audiences initially showed signs of revolt with the 1991 season - shown here until October 4 of last year. According to ATV World, Hongkong viewers stayed loyal for that series, the ratings consistently among the top 10 for the week.
ATV World programme manager Shuen Shuen Hung is confident that will continue. ''No matter what's happened in America, this is still one of the best drama series on television in Hongkong,'' she said.
Cynics may suggest that given the often mediocre English programming here, this simply means that even bad LA Law is better than no LA Law at all.