Most tv in France is American TV, its just American tv from a few years ago (endless reruns of Friends, The Simpsons, every version of CSI, etc.)

With digital tv, it's becoming more and more common for these shows to have English language versions as well (except for the Simpsons, which is only in French).
Also, I have numericable (
www.numericable.fr) for my cable/internet/phone service, and I picked this service because it is the only provider in France that currently carries ESPN. It's a special version of ESPN just for Europe (strangely named ESPN America), and it doesn't have sportscenter, but it does have lots of NFL and College football (and baseball and ice hockey). The French channel Sport+ also carries a couple football games per week too.
I also get CNNI, CNBC, and Bloomberg TV, for news, but those channels are more business focused than I care for. CNNI carries a weekend edition of the Daily Show, which is a sort of summary of the 4 shows per week you would get on Comedy Central.
numericable customer service kinda sucks, but it is the only service I have had here, so I do not have anything to compare it to. It is also about 15% more expensive than the competition, but it provides a faster internet connection and, of course, ESPN