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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No matter where you are, you gotta love The Onion. Self-proclaimed as America’s Finest News Source, The Onion has, once again, set it’s sights on the ITV/PBS mega-hit, Downton Abbey. If you remember, it was only just recently that the intrepid reporters over at The Onion were able to scoop what’s left of the world […]
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In the UK where even though there are only days before the Downton Abbey Christmas Special, there is the knowledge that series 4 is over 9 months away? In the States and still reeling over the fact that there are 3 weeks until the premiere of series 3 of Downton Abbey on PBS? Not […]
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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 cast point out obvious misspelling on the NY subway As everyone knows west of the Atlantic Ocean, series 3 of Downton Abbey premieres as part of PBS’ Masterpiece beginning on January 6, 2013. In preparation of the premiere, the Downton cast has descended upon the States this past week to promote […]
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Downton Abbey I & II – 16 hours in 5 minutes It’s hard to believe that a mere two years ago, the world had never heard of Downton Abbey, the Dowager Countess, Matthew & Mary, Carson or Bates. It was January 2011 that the Julian Fellowes penned drama series crashed the U.S. television party as […]
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Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier….Call the Midwife, Downton Abbey? First, there was the Rumble in the Jungle in 1974. Then came the Thrilla in Manilla in 1975. Now, some 37 years later, the new ‘Fight of the Century’ will occur on Christmas Day and feature the Call the Midwife Holiday Special in one corner […]
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Another day, another day that Christmas will be coming early to those that have been patiently awaiting the news about broadcast plans for the upcoming Call the Midwife Holiday Special on PBS. The BBC recently announced that the 75-minute special would be broadcast Christmas Day at 7:30p, The BBC broadcast has been scheduled at the […]
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On one hand, you’d think there would be the potential to view the recent announcement of the commissioning of series 4 of Downton Abbey and think, “…our work here is done“. Not so, however, if you are ITV and have your sights set on taking over for the BBC in the world of drama output. […]
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By all accounts, 2012 was a pretty stellar year for drama output from the BBC and ITV. Downton Abbey, Sherlock, Endeavour, DCI Banks, Scott and Bailey, Call the Midwife and Upstairs Downstairs to name a few. In 2013, it only gets better as both the BBC and ITV are getting ready to rumble for drama […]
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