I don't know of anyone here in Denmark who gets ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox ect. - the standard layout for cable channels as well as sattelite channels is made up of some 9-10 Danish channels (including local channels for your region), a couple of channels from the countries around us, like Sweden, Norway and Germany (the channel composition varies on where you live in this country - for instance the German channels are in greater numbers the closer you get to Germany) and a few internationalised BBC channels (Prime and World) - a few international versions (I think) of CNN, Discovery, National Geographic Channel, Animal Planet - some sportschannels Eurosport and Viasat sport - and then the "odd" moviechannel like TCM and Hallmark.
It's of course possible to expand/decrease the number of channels, subscriptionwise. But when it comes to "real US channels" nobody seems to carry it, not even the sattelitechannels we can receive. - Also a channel like the Sci-fi channel which is also aired in the UK is impossible to receive here in Denmark. - The channel makeups and limitations are at times fairly odd, but I hope that with the introduction of higher bandwiths on the internet and the introduction of HDtv - which is also in it's infancy here (HDtvs are starting being marketed but HDtv programs are still in the distant future) - the variety of channels will change due to the easier access.