Is “Downton Abbey” coming to a close after Season 6? According to a U.K. report, the period drama will come to a close after next season, prompted by creator and showrunner Julian Fellowes’ new TV project, “The Gilded Age,” which he’s set to write and exec produce for NBC’s 2015-16 slate. Exec producer Gareth Naeme […]
As the U.K. premiere of the fifth season of “Downton Abbey” draws near, ITV has released a 20-second teaser narrated by Downton’s butler, Carson (Jim Carter). Last season of the British period drama ended with the widowed Lady Mary Crawley (Michelle Dockery) choosing between two suitors and her sister, Lady Edith, dealing with personal matters […]
Carnival Films and Masterpiece on PBS have announced new cast members joining Season 5 of the Emmyand Golden Globe award-winning drama Downton Abbey. Richard E. Grant (Girls, Gosford Park, Doctor Who) is joining the cast as Simon Bricker, who visits Downton Abbey as a guest of the Granthams. Anna Chancellor (The Hour, Four Weddings and […]
PBS has just unveiled its slate of programming for the Winter/Spring 2014 season, and with it a U.S. premiere date for the highly anticipated third season of “Sherlock,” Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ hit contemporary adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s work, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson. “Sherlock” season three, […]
Downton Abbey has gotten its UK season premiere date. Season 4 of the hit period drama will kick off on ITV on September 22 at 9 PM in what will be the world premiere. As with last year, it will have X Factor UK as a lead-in. The Season 3 debut on September 16, 2012 […]
Downton Abbey alumnus Dan Stevens will lend his voice to the Greg Berlanti-produced Tomorrow People, voicing biological computer TIM, a character first established in the ’70s British version of the show and originally voiced by Canadian actor Philip Gilbert. The Tomorrow People premieres on the CW on Oct. 9.
ITV has released this trailer for the fourth season of “Downton Abbey,” premiering in the UK this fall and in the US on PBS January 5, 2014. The hightest-rated drama in PBS history, “Downton Abbey” Season 4 will run for eight weeks, from January 5 to February 23, 2014. In total, 24 million viewers tuned […]
The teases for “Downton Abbey’s” fourth season are starting to emerge, with details of a love interest for Branson and a plethora of guest stars having been announced. Now ITV and PBS have released more Season 4 pictures (past the one of Lady Mary they teased fans with months ago). Above, Mary and Branson are […]
Amazon.com ‘s streaming competition with Netflix continues as the Internet retailer expanded its multiyear licensing agreement with PBS for hundreds of additional episodes of shows including NOVA, Masterpiece,Ken Burns documentaries and kids’ shows like “Caillou,” “Arthur,” “Daniels Tiger’s Neighborhood,” “Dinosaur Train” and “Wild Kratts.” The expanded deal comes weeks after Amazon inked major mulityear deal […]
The upcoming fourth season of “Downton Abbey” has added an exciting new addition to its cast: Paul Giamatti. Here is what is known about Giamatti’s role so far : He will play the maverick, womanizing brother of Cora (Elizabeth McGovern), making him Mary (Michelle Dockery) and Edith’s (Laura Carmichael) uncle. His character will appear in […]