John, I think this thread got off on the wrong foot. People at mudcat mostly do not watch Oprah.
I remember that long ago there was a Kilroy (was here), but I know nothing of the show.

I watch British mysteries and suspense, I find them very good. Some of the older dramatic shows, like Jewel in the Crown, Brideshead Revisited, The Le Carre spy dramas, Upstairs,Downstairs, I consider classics of television, and I have bought DVDs of some.
As Time Goes By I consider excellent; perhaps I will buy the DVDs.
There are other series that I could watch again.

The "Eastenders," running on a BBC-Canada cable channel, doesn't hold my interest. Perhaps it is this type of situation drama that doesn't appeal in USA-Canada.

On the U. S. side, I watch almost none of the current shows. The old U. S.-produced westerns I liked very much. U. S. comedy, as far as I am concerned, has died. Where is a Ralph Cramden, Burns and Gracie Allen and other greats of earlier television?   I don't like the late night shows. Leno leaves me cold.

Graham Norton is sometimes good, but I don't go out of my way to watch. We get two cable "BBC" channels (plus BBCNews), but the selection of English shows is not very good.

I am a poor one to get comment from; I almost never watch anything on the regular TV channels except some sports, and some news and comment shows (mostly PBS and BBCNews).