One of the things that was a little hindering about Sunday night’s season 6 premiere of “Downton Abbey,” at least for us, was the amount of time we needed to focus on Anna, Bates, and a story regarding Mr. Green that really should have been done away with some time ago. To have to focus […]
The “Downton Abbey” season 6 premiere has now aired in America! Was it entirely what you expected? We do think that it was an enjoyable episode that covered quite a bit of ground, and also gave you many insights into how many characters (Robert, Mary, Mr. Carson) are all trying to keep up with the […]
Remember “The Gilded Age“? This was a series first announced several years ago as the follow-up to “Downton Abbey” for executive producers Julian Fellowes and Gareth Neame. The show was planned for NBC, but it became clear that there was not much of a hurry to make it happen. “Downton” ended up going for many […]
Why has “Downton Abbey” been such an enormous success story all over the world, whereas so many other British series have disappeared and floundered? It is a worthy question, but one that there is not an easy answer to. We think there is a certain amount of idealism present here, but also an ounce or […]
America has certainly waited long enough to see the season 6 premiere of “Downton Abbey,” but come Sunday, the wait is finally over! Your favorite characters are returning to PBS for one final season, and “celebration” is the theme that the publicly-funded network is going for. The premiere is going to air starting at 9:00 […]
The sixth and final season of “Downton Abbey” is premiering on PBS Sunday night, and clearly the network and its Masterpiece arm wanted to go through all the stops in order to properly promote it. How else do you explain a float created specifically for this purpose? Having promotional floats at the Rose Parade is […]
For those of you who wonder if there are any particular Easter eggs in the “Downton Abbey” series finale that aired this past Christmas on ITV, we now come to you with an answer: There’s at least one little one that is present, but you may not be able to actually spot it. Instead, it […]
For years, Maggie Smith has made one thing clear when it comes to “Downton Abbey”: She hasn’t seen the show. This is a practice that many other TV actors, including Andrew Lincoln of “The Walking Dead” and others follow, with one of the reasons being that it can be distracting to see yourself on TV. We’re […]
If you’ve been following “Downton Abbey” and some of the recent headlines out there all about it, then you know that there has been discussion of a feature film at some point down the line to add an epilogue to the sixth season and the Christmas Special / series finale. However, there has never been […]
Call the Midwife, Doctor Who, Downton Abbey
While watching television is a bit of a tradition in Great Britain on Christmas Day, it is becoming more and more clear that it is not necessarily something that everyone wants to do based on the latest viewing figures. As a whole, the “Downton Abbey” Christmas Special / series finale brought in 6.6 million viewers, down from […]
