The UK as you might know is the unofficial 51st state of the USA. Any US tourist over here will feel right at home. A Starbucks on every corner, kids in GAP and Stussy gear on skateboards, Coke,Big Mac, Haagen Daz, Dunkin Donuts, ER. It's all here, even saying 'research' American-style. There's also been loads of US expats who've tried to make it over here before trying to crack the US. So, I'm interested to know whether the following are as big a deal in the US as they are in the UK.

Friends, Will & Grace, Frasier etc - high profile in UK but only around 2m people actually watch them
Ruby Wax - gives Americans a bad name
Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson etc - huge with 12 -16 year olds
J-Lo,Sarah-M Gellar, Britney, Jennifer Aniston - generally the most popular for poster sales, polls in men's mags
Buffy, Smallville, Dark Angel etc - again high profile but not big terrestrial TV viewing figs
Budweiser - not my taste. Still, Bud's big with men in the 18-40 age group.
Independent beers - e.g. Samuel Adams, Anchor etc
R n B, Rap - main chart fodder
Boy bands - frequently polluting UK airwaves. Backstreet Boys more popular than N Sync
ER - mainly popular with women even post Clooney
Club music - trance, prog house. mainly home-grown and Euro acts. not trendy any more but still sell. Danny Tenaglia draws big crowds.
'Realistic' cop shows like NYPD Blue
Soaps - Dallas and Dynasty were massive. current US soaps dont get much of a look in now
The Simpsons - considered by many here to be the best TV programme to come out of the US. Still popular. Homer recently voted #1 in greatest TV character poll.