• It's Downton Abbey Eve! Time to channel your inner Mrs. Patmore

    It's Downton Abbey Eve! Time to channel your inner Mrs. Patmore

    From an earlier post back in September 2012 when series 3 of Downton Abbey premiered in the UK, this seems just as appropriate with a bit of an update for the U.S. season premiere just one day away! Prepared by Mrs. Patmore, served by Mr. Carson and enjoyed by the Crawley family and their guests, […]

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  • Sherlock voted #1 for 2012 telly! Producer reveals clue to S2 ending….

    Sherlock voted #1 for 2012 telly! Producer reveals clue to S2 ending….

    When Sherlock co-creator/co-writer, Steven Moffat, recently heard the news that his co-creation with Mark Gatiss had topped the Radio Times critics poll of the best TV of 2012, he was at the top of his game, as usual. A very grateful Moffat promised to reward Radio Times for the prestigious honor by revealing the solution […]

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  • Downton Abbey 101

    Downton Abbey 101

    As we move within a week of the premiere of the third series of Downton Abbey, there are a few people on the planet that are a bit late to the party and are in need of a bit of refresher course before Sundays premiere as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series. While it might be […]

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  • Mrs. Hudson next up for Dame Judi Dench?

    Mrs. Hudson next up for Dame Judi Dench?

    Ok, I know I went a bit overboard ranting last Fall over the fact that I saw no reason for CBS’ Elementary series after the genius that was the BBC’s Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. After all, what’s the point of creating another 21st century ‘Sherlock’ when the first was was the definition […]

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  • It's a Call the Midwife Christmas tonight on PBS!

    It's a Call the Midwife Christmas tonight on PBS!

    The Radio Times was spot on when they recently described the BBC’s most watched drama series in over 10 years, Call the Midwife, by saying, “…in spite of only having one six-episode series so far, the tear-jerking drama about a group of midwives in 1950s East London already feels like a TV staple.” It’s no […]

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  • 2013 previews – Ripper Street & Mr. Selfridge

    2013 previews – Ripper Street & Mr. Selfridge

    While the whole of the UK is still reeling over last Tuesdays broadcast of the Downton Abbey Christmas Special and while January 2013 has become ‘all-things Downton Abbey‘ in the States with the PBS premiere of series 3 just over a week away on January 6, there is some brilliant drama coming to telly on […]

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  • DIY brilliance: A Gingerbread Downton Abbey

    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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  • Happy Christmas from Tellyspotting!

    Happy Christmas from Tellyspotting!

    A Very Carson Christmas It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the latenight commercials for the Ronco Inside the Shell Electric Egg Scrambler, Ron Popeil’s Pocket Fisherman or the Ginsu knives that could cut a metal can in half and still be sharp enough to slice a tomato to perfection. We’ve all seen the […]

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  • Downton Abbey star added to brilliant cast of WikiLeaks film

    Downton Abbey star added to brilliant cast of WikiLeaks film

    With his sights set on the big screen, Downton Abbey star, Dan Stevens (Matthew Crawley), recently made the decision to leave the British period drama, seen in the States as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series. Making the leap to the big screen is not always that easy with the streets of Los Angeles littered with […]

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