BONDS

“Bonds on Bonds”

Tuesdays, 7 p.m., ESPN

** (two stars)

AT LAST, Barry Bonds has found a place where he can control the dialogue about steroids.

That seems to be the sole reason for the existence of his new ESPN series “Bonds on Bonds” – to promote a more positive image of himself to counterbalance the widely held perception that his achievements in baseball are due in part to his (alleged) use of performance-enhancing drugs.

In the show, cameras follow the San Francisco Giant slugger as he goes about his life at home and work, and copes with assertive reporters who fire questions at him about steroids wherever he goes.

Although the show doesn’t shy away from the steroid issue, Bonds’ reaction to the controversy is always the same – he ducks it, neither confirming nor denying his use of steroids, but all the time accusing the media of engaging in a vast conspiracy to derail his bid to pass Babe Ruth for second on the all-time home run list.

Bonds, 41, has 708 career homers. In one sequence from last night’s Episode 2 of “Bonds on Bonds,” baseball stars from the past and present were seen predicting the date on which they think he’ll hit his 715th homer, surpassing the Bambino.

Then, a couple of fans and a handful of sportswriters and players were shown endorsing Bonds’ induction into the Hall of Fame unfettered by asterisks or any other notation that would hint at the controversy that dogged him during his career.

Sequences like these give you the intended impression that most people love Barry Bonds and are not put off by the allegations of steroid use.

Since this doesn’t seem to be the case, the show’s constant defensive posture plays like propaganda.

adam.buckman@nypost.com