Hugh Bonneville, who plays Lord Grantham in the hit period drama "Downton Abbey," says the upcoming third season (premiering Sunday on PBS) will be to...
One should never underestimate the American fascination with the British class system. We love to learn the details about the contrasting problems facing each class, and how they deal with them.
Shirley MacLaine learned about "Downton Abbey" from her hairdresser. MacLaine told "The New York Times" she wasn't aware of the program beforehand, bu...
I've taken the liberty of compiling a list of New Year's resolutions for TV -- just some goals to aspire to in this shiny new year, including fewer monkey and mob doctors, more love for ABC's Thursday night programming, and the end of Honey Boo Boo.
I will say there is more than one wedding, more than one birth, more than one death, and eventually even a madwoman in the attic (not necessarily Downton's attic).
What "Downton" does well is worth the price of admission, and the actors in this cast are a continual treat, yet I feel compelled to list the problems and pleasures I find in the drawing rooms and the servants' quarters.
"Once Upon a Time" already boasts a menagerie of fabulous accents, but the ABC drama has turned to "Downton Abbey" for its latest dose of British char...
"Downton Abbey" returns in four days, and according to our critic Matt Zoller Seitz, everything is back in its proper place after having been flip-tur...
On January 6th, the third season of "Downton Abbey" begins. For fans who can't get enough of the Dowager Countess and the Earl of Grantham, Camaren Su...
Downton Abbey is nothing if not entertaining. But it is also intensely political, raising questions that would surely interest the Obamas, given their recent history. Among them: Who at Downton was allowed to vote?
Downtown excels at drawing the reader in, using what we writers call "bridging conflict" -- an incident or event that sets the stage for the larger story.
"Downton Abbey" is real ... well, at least the castle is anyway. The hit drama is filmed at the $240 million Highclere Castle, which is inhabited by G...
At Downton, everyone has a job to do, whether it's to uphold centuries of aristocratic tradition, serve meals, or smoke conspiratorially in the courty...
Just in time for the holidays and the upcoming season of "Downton Abbey," cookie artist and "Downton" enthusiast Curtis Jensen put together a gingerbr...
Downton has clearly struck a nostalgic nerve on both sides of the Pond. Episodes of its third season have attracted British audiences of between 10 and 12 million -- about one in every six Brits.
Stephen Colbert was so outraged that Michelle Obama got to see the next season of "Downton Abbey" before we commoners, that he did us all a favor of s...
Joy Behar grilled "Downton Abbey" star Rob James-Collier about participating in the show's gay love scenes during an appearance on "The View" this wee...