You (USA-ians) do realize that a lot of the British shows don't leave Britain?

And that an "hour long" show (eg. Top Gear) is frequently more like 65-70 minutes long, with ZERO commerical breaks?

Which means a 14 episode "year" of Top Gear is about the same time length as a 20 episode USA show, which has only 40 minutes or so of content per broadcast hour?

-ml