@farmerman,
Not to be too much of a thorn in your side, but American TV really is the best in the world. That is why every country broadcasts it. I am speaking of the major networks ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CW, MTV, ESPN, FOXNews, MSNBC, TNT, AMC... hell even Nat Geo, Disc, PBS, USA and other channels are around the globe.
This is not to say that there are not good shows on other country TV companies. Dr. Who is a standard bearer of the BBC. Sherlock Holmes, The Young Ones, Monty Python, the I.T. Crown, Black Books (!), Benny Hill and some others.
In general terms though, the programming quality in America blows the doors off anything else in the world.