UK TV is appauling. Even the news and political shows are so dumbed down now they are pointless. There is the occasional decent documentary but noting really good entertainment-wise for while so I tend to cherrypick on DVD.
Some decent topical comedy shows, though; Russel Howard's Good News, Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You and the 10 o'clock show.
Best of the UK; Red Dwarf, Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Doctor Who (any year), Mighty Boosh, Father Ted, Black Books, IT Crowd, Blackadder
From the U.S: Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5, Simpsons, Futurama, Millenium, Scrubs
