I just posted the following over on the Hugh Laurie thread, but it's pertinent here, too...

Here in the Philadelphia PA suburbs, local cable service has 27 Spanish-language channels and 17 "international premium" channels (Chinese, Korean, Farsi, etc.). There's also a cable channel called BBC America. As for the broadcast channels, only the Public Broadcasting Service channels (the ones that are commercial-free or nearly so, and rely on pledge drives, corporate grants and government revenue for their income) show a BBC news program and a very few British sitcoms, along with the indefatiguable "Masterpiece Theater" and "Mystery!" programs. There is only one PBS broadcast station in the area (WYBE chnnel 35) that shows a steady diet of international programs from many countries. So that's what's available... but who knows how many Americans watch which?

I confess: my guilty pleasure, while it was on the air here, was "My Hero"!