FINALLY! We are now at a point where we are merely a matter of hours, not days, away from the long-awaited premiere of season 3 of Downton Abbey tonight on PBS. Watching parties are in their final stages of preparation, individuals are feverishly sending out ‘do not call’ notices via Facebook and Twitter and, much […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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