I am french, I lived in England during three years and I am very fed up of seeing the same kind of junks in both the french and English television. In my opinion there is only one exception : the talk show Tout le monde en parle presented by the famous french presenter Thierry Ardisson. This emission simply offers everything you ever wanted to see and hear in a talk show. It can be entertaining, informative, funny, serious, sad, controversial... I like the emission so much that I launch a web site dedicated to it. If you have a cable TV you can watch it on TV5. Unfortunately you will have to speak french. If you don't it might be a very good opportunity for you to learn.