NEW YORK (AP) — The original principal cast of “Downton Abbey” are returning for a second film that will arrive in theaters December 22 this year, Focus Features announced Monday. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Three years after going off the air, “Downton Abbey” is coming back as a movie. Focus Features said Friday that it will this summer begin production […]
Michael Edelstein, president at NBCUniversal International Studios, said it hopes to assemble 20 cast members from the popular TV series, with production slated to begin next year.
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Nearly 10 million people said so-long to Downton Abbey Sunday night. It is the most watched finale ever for PBS’s most popular series ever. The swan-song’s 9.6 million viewers in Live + Same Day viewing outstrips the previous, Season 5 finale of 8.4 million viewers, by 14%
NEW YORK (AP) — The timing couldn’t be better for the International Emmys to honor “Downton Abbey” writer and creator Julian Fellowes as the acclaimed British period drama wraps up […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The final season of the popular British drama “Downton Abbey” will begin on Jan. 3, leading up to a finale on the first weekend of March, […]
Producers of the popular British period drama on Thursday confirmed it will end after its sixth season, scheduled to air in the United States in early 2016. The series, which airs earlier in the U.K., will have its finale on Christmas Day, 2015.
LONDON (AP) — Predictions of doom for the Dowager Countess of Grantham may be premature. ‘‘Downton Abbey’’ publicists say Maggie Smith was misinterpreted in remarks widely reported as suggesting she […]
Downton Abbey, the most popular drama in PBS history, returned to a near-record audience Sunday night. According to Nielsen preliminary estimates, the fifth-season premiere averaged about 10.1 million viewers from 10:15 to 11:15 p.m., just a smidge behind the show’s fourth-season opener a year ago (10.2 million). Among all networks, only CBS drew a larger audience during the time period.
Britain’s ITV network says it has commissioned a sixth season of the popular costume drama from co-producers Carnival Films and Masterpiece. It will start filming early next year. ITV’s director of drama commissioning, Steve November, said Thursday that the show continues to be “a phenomenon.”
An average of 8.5 million viewers tuned in for Downton Abbey‘s fourth season finale Sunday night. That’s a personal finale best for the period drama on PBS. The Season 3 finale drew 8.2 million viewers on February 17 last year, a 50% surge from the Season 2 ender in 2012.
The return of Downton Abbey, which began its fourth season on Jan. 5, is becoming a post-holiday tradition for the show’s fans, said Paula Kerger, PBS president. The British series began presenting new episodes in late September back home, but PBS holds it back.
The two-hour opener of the British import’s fourth season brought more highs for the public broadcaster and drama flagship Masterpiece Classic.
The celebrated British costume drama focusing on the elite Crawley family will air its fourth season on Masterpiece beginning Jan. 5 and the hit show’s executive producer, Rebecca Eaton, says Downton fans can “rest easy knowing that a fifth season is on the way.”
LONDON (AP) — Forget “Mad Men” modernism. This season’s style is all about “Downton Abbey’”s Edwardian opulence. Millions around the world have been seduced by the strait-laced but stylish world […]
PBS Sticking To Split US-UK ‘Downton Abbey’ Airing
It’s official, Downton Abbey fans will have to wait until winter 2014 for their next Edwardian drama fix. PBS announced its fall lineup Thursday, with nary a mention of the Masterpiece megahit.
NEW YORK (AP) – Shirley MacLaine will be returning to “Downton Abbey” next season, and opera star Kiri Te Kanawa is joining the cast. MacLaine will reprise her role as […]
Sunday’s audience surpassed even the audience for the third season premiere in January, when about 7.9 million viewers tuned in, a 20-year record for PBS.
Winners for the 15th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards, which celebrate costume design excellence in film, television and commercials, were handed out Tuesday evening.
NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of people have watched Maggie Smith on “Downton Abbey.” But she’s not one of them. The 78-year-old actress, who portrays Lady Grantham in the popular […]
In a counterprogramming coup, PBS’s costume drama averages 6.6 million viewers — a mere 102 million fewer than watched the game.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) —Select “Downton Abbey” fans are in for an early viewing treat and bragging rights.Apple said Monday that people in North America who hold iTunes season passes […]
Why Doesn’t The FCC Love Broadcast TV?
Broadcasting fulfills its promise, delivering entertainment (like RGIII and Downton Abbey) and vital information (like storm warnings) to the public — free of charge, if people want it that way. Yet, the current FCC ignores broadcasting’s contributions and pushes broadband policies that undermine the medium. “Listen to the FCC and you’d think broadcast television is simply dead-weight economic loss.”
Why Doesn’t The FCC Love Broadcast TV?
Broadcasting fulfills its promise, delivering entertainment (like RGIII and Downton Abbey) and vital information (like storm warnings) to the public — free of charge, if people want it that way. Yet, the current FCC ignores broadcasting’s contributions and pushes broadband policies that undermine the medium. “Listen to the FCC and you’d think broadcast television is simply dead-weight economic loss.”
Rivaling broadcast outings, the British import starts its third season with a huge surge — double its previous season and quadruple the typical primetime showing for PBS.
NEW YORK (AP) — British fans of “Downton Abbey” are feeling blue after Tuesday’s conclusion of Season 3, even as the U.S. audience eagerly anticipates this third cycle on PBS’s […]
