DIY brilliance: A Gingerbread Downton Abbey

Trying to figure out how to pass the time until the series 3 premiere of Downton Abbey? I’m guessing that most of the U.S. have had their fill of playing with the Downton Abbey paper doll set. And, you’ve probably seen Jimmy Fallon’s Downton Sixbey, Downton Arbys, the Saturday Night Live re-imagining of Downton as […]

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Breaking Abbey, courtesy of the great Colbert Nation

  Two Jimmy Kimmel Downton Sixbey spoofs and a Saturday Night Live‘s Spike TV take on Downton Abbey should be enough to declare that the ITV/PBS, Carnival Films production is a bona fide bit of brilliance. Should be… Well, putting his Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval on this notion comes the genius that is Stephen […]

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Downton Abbey, Sherlock dominate Primetime Emmy nominations

Even though the hit ITV/PBS drama, Downton Abbey, has had a presence at the Primetime Emmys the past couple of years, this year they have a lot of company that they are bringing with them from across the pond, laying further claim to the fact that the UK continues to produce the best television on […]

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Jimmy Fallon returns as the Earl of Downton Sixbey for episode 2

***SPOILER ALERT*** For those that have not seen episode one of Downton Sixbey, go to the bottom of the post and invest 8:15 before reading further. Then, come back to the top for 9:59 of Jimmy Fallon brilliance. When we first joined the inhabitants of Downton Sixbey, Jimmy Fallon, the Earl of Downton Sixbey, split […]

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