This week on TV: BBC America's 'The Brit List'

From Doctor Who to Downton Abbey, many of our current pop-culture obsessions happen to hail from the U.K.

It seems fitting, then, that BBC America would launch a series devoted to these awesome TV shows, actors, films, etc. The result, The Brit List, premieres this week -- and I happen to be one of the commentators.

The Brit List consists of several specials that examine different "categories" of...