I'm an American Fan boy late to the bandwagon. But I like Torchwood more than the revived version of Dr. Who. I have finished watching all of the episodes through the miniseries and have even bought for extra radio plays produced by the Torchwood Staff. I like Torchwood so much the prospect of an American Torchwood with Captain Jack Harkness and maybe Gwen excites me. Even though I know if the show is brought to America it probably won't be as good as the British version. I guess I like Torchwood better than Dr. Who largely due to liking the Torchwood Universe more.

Man, Doctor Who is cheesy but I cannot STAND Torchwood. I'd take Doctor Who any day. To me, Torchwood is just as juvenile as Doctor Who except it adds sex and violence to make it "adult". But the plots are just the same old Doctor Who crap

The Doctor is just such an interesting character, and I suppose Jack is as well, but I can't bring myself to like Torchwood more than Doctor Who.

for the people that like the Dr. more than Jack is the 2005 revival your first exposure to the Dr?

Yah i always thought it sounded awesome when i heard it. 
And now that i think about it im pretty sure it was the season 4 main menu because i watched season 3 online on netflix but i had netflix send me the season 4's dvds through mail so it has to be season 4.

Torchwood did get better, but that's like saying a toilet with a floater is worse than one without.  They both stink of human effluent.  I follow Torchwood right until the end of series (as it is) last year and I have to say that it did finally begin to come together a whole hell of a lot better but they're still be gratuitous for no reason. Yes we know that Captian Jack and Ianto are gay, there's no need for us to see sweaty male bodies to prove it, especially in light of the fact that hetero sex scenes have so far been utterly tame by comparison.  If the producers could just stop being edgy for no good reason I would take the show more seriously.  As it is now I've only kept watching it in the hopes the show would keep improving and get down to the business at hand; the rift.  There were some nice and well written moments with alien interlopers but still, for the most part, that stuff is just ham-fisted, especially Jack's brother.  
 
Aaanyway, I still hold out hope and will be watching it again this year.