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‘Downton Abbey’ Finds a Body In the Bed
No Englishman would dream of dying in someone else's house. Especially someone they didn't even know.
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The ‘Downton Abbey’ Series Premiere Takes Us Back to Empire
'Downton Abbey' Season 1 is far sharper than you remember.
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'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale' Closes the Crawley Era with Class
Downton Abbey and its fans have had a good run. Since the series debuted on PBS Masterpiece in 2011, there have been six seasons and two feature films' worth of Crawley family intrigues, affairs, deaths, and everyday existence to sate the most ardent of Anglophiles. However, the passing in
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The Final Hats of 'Downton Abbey'
Downton Abbey was the beginning of a new era on PBS when it debuted, even though no one knew it at the time. Meant as a truncated one-and-done miniseries when it premiered in the depths of winter in 2011, the series became a word-of-mouth sensation via burgeoning social media. By
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The Final 'Downton Abbey' Featurette Will Leave You Teary-Eyed
It is rare for a franchise to conclude in the 21st century, when the landscape is heavily marked by reboots, revivals, and reimaginings of older titles. It's not just shows like The Forsytes remaking The Forsyte Saga for a new century, or boyish comedy All Creatures Great &
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'Downton Abbey' Actor Teases Possible Spinoff Talk
It has become conventional wisdom in our overstuffed entertainment ecosystem that a show must have name recognition to attract viewers. Have an idea for a science fiction series? Have you considered resetting it in the Star Trek universe? Thinking of a workplace comedy? Could it get its paper from Dunder-Mifflin?
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'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale' Trailer Hits Right in the Feels
Not every fan of Downton Abbey knows that the series theme song has a name and lyrics, beyond just "The Downton Abbey Suite." When the original soundtrack was released in the UK in 2011, it included a version of the track titled "Did I Make the Most
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The First Teaser for 'Downton Abbey's' "Grand Finale" Is a Delight
We've officially reached the 100-day mark until the release of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, the third and, as the title desperately insists, final big-screen installment* of the beloved franchise that began 15 years ago on ITV and PBS. A series that consistently surprised both producers and critics
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Romantic Comedy 'And Mrs' Sees Aisling Bea Face a Wedding and a Funeral
The rules of romantic comedies are simple and finite: The story's focus is a love story. It should probably make you laugh more than you cry. It can (and should) tackle familiar tropes like friends to lovers, opposites attract, or forced proximity. Often, the couple must face an
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Will 'A New Era' Be The Last 'Downton Abbey' Film?
Now that Downton Abbey: A New Era has been in theaters for a month and reached streaming, most fans know that the film's ending is, well, rather final. Even though the series sets up the possibility of other stories, the "New Era" of the title also
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Elizabeth McGovern Film ‘The Chaperone’ to Air on Masterpiece This November
Mark your calendars, period drama fans: The film adaptation of Laura Moriarty’s The Chaperone, starring Downton Abbey alum Elizabeth McGovern, is coming to PBS Masterpiece next month. The film follows the real-life story of actress Louise Brooks and tells a fictionalized account of her travels from Wichita, Kansas to
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Elizabeth McGovern's 'The Chaperone' to Stream on PBS Passport
The film adaptation of Laura Moriarty’s The Chaperone, starring Downton Abbey alum Elizabeth McGovern, arrives on PBS Passport this August. When Masterpiece Theater started back in 1971, no one could guess it would still be one of PBS' major anchors nearly fifty years on. But after decades of