Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: "These Friends of Mine"

The first series of Ellen is nothing like the others.This series features different characters. It is also not called Ellen it is called "These Friends of Mine".Truth be told the first season was a below average show. Without many likeable characters.If you are like me and love Ellen you will buy this boxset just so you can own the complete collection when the other series are released on DVD.Spence, Audrey, Paige and Joe are not in this series. Truth be told this is completely different from the other series including the humor.The only similarity is Ellen Degeneres.