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Couples choice

I don’t know what’s mad about this love, but CBS’s new rom-com, “Mad Love” at least has some laughs.

And, given that the latest round of mid-season replacements lack both rom and com, that alone makes it something completely different.

In the opening scene, atop the Empire State Building, young lawyer Ben (Jason Biggs) meets and immediately falls in love with Kate (Sarah Chalke).

Kate feels the same insane, spontaneous love-at-first-sight for Ben, but alas there’s a problem: Ben hasn’t yet broken up with his girlfriend.

Naturally, all kinds of French bedroom farce fun ensues as Kate keeps finding Ben in compromising positions not of his own making.

True, it’s trite.

Into the mix comes the new on/off couple’s BFFs, Larry (Tyler Labine) and Connie (Judy Greer). They, of course, instantly hate and are disgusted by one another. Can love be far behind?

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In their case, I can only pray it’s so far behind that it never occurs because the revulsion these two express is the very best — and funniest — part of the entire show.

Larry is a fat, slovenly lawyer with no table manners and nothing good to say about anyone. Connie is a jaded nanny who has nothing good to say about Larry.

When they meet, Larry tries unsuccessfully to pick up Connie, not knowing of course that she is his BFF’s girlfriend’s BFF. Get it? Good.

She tells him that she’s a nanny and is therefore used to pudgy people who whine, and he looks at her long hair and bangs and asks her if the bangs are intentional or “did you just give up?”

What drives me nuts though is the show’s total lack of understanding about New York.

They work in the Empire State Building but are always in elevators with operators (gone, what?, 20 years ago).

Then there’s Connie’s place of work. She is a nanny for a rich family, but Kate walks in and out of their apartment with the ease of Kramer on “Seinfeld.” Not in NYC, baby.

Unfortunately after going through several cast changes, the show’s creator, Matt Tarses of “Scrubs” fame, replaced Minka Kelly with Chalke, who used to be on “Scrubs.” If it weren’t for the incessant and incredibly annoying laugh track, Chalke would never get one. She’s not even close to funny.

Even Biggs isn’t funny when he’s with her. She might be a great actress, but not for comedy.

But Greer? Pure gold.

I understand that people like Greer are always cast as the best friend, but I don’t understand why. She’s so hilarious that any man would be nuts not to fall into spontaneous mad love with her.