January 12, 2011

mrsem

To Do: Downton Abbey

I don’t have regular TV, just hulu, so this one almost passed by my radar. Luckily, mom sent me the link yesterday! Masterpiece Theater has a new upstairs, downstairs-style show called Downton Abbey and it looks marvelous!

Ack, I don’t have any free time to watch until the weekend. Torture!

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Jessica January 12, 2011 at 6:15 pm

It was way good. I suggest a Sunday morning viewing w/ some coffee and a yum breaky.
Bronwyn January 12, 2011 at 7:25 pm

Oh, this looks perfect! I can't wait to find it…

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nomadic gnome January 12, 2011 at 7:49 pm

I just happened to flip to PBS on Sunday night right when the show began. My husband and I were addicted to the storyline in about 20 minutes. Can't wait for next week!
Marci January 13, 2011 at 12:45 am

It was great. I can not wait until Sunday night.
janeaustensworld January 13, 2011 at 2:32 am

Thank you so much for the link! Vic
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I'm gonna watch on that show..maybe I can get some useful stuff.
Tanya January 14, 2011 at 3:04 am

Same here…I havent had television in nearly 3 years, just Netflix and Hulu. My mother also keeps me up to date on things she thinks I might enjoy and I watch games either "out" or at friends houses. At a savings of almost $4k, its completely worth not having tv!

If youve mentioned it already and I missed it (I rarely comment these days), I apologize…but I think you would really enjoy "The Kings Speech" with Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush!
MelD January 14, 2011 at 12:31 pm

Ah, I saw this in the autumn on British TV and enjoyed it very much; they just repeated it over the New Year, as it's been so popular!
So did you know there is a new 3-part Upstairs Downstairs just been shown at Christmas on British TV?! Everyone is hoping there will be full follow-up series…
If you like this kind of thing, and more in the Downton style than Upstairs Downstairs, you will love the book/audiobook of Ken Follett's Fall of Giants, which is very similar – bet they film that some time, too, as they just filmed Pillars of the Earth (a GB/D production). Even my husband has started enjoying these ;))
Jen January 19, 2011 at 3:38 am

I looked for this on hulu but not yet available. Or did you just watch on the pbs website? I recently gave up cable but hulu and roku are still very new to me. Any advice would be great.

Thanks
mrsem Author January 20, 2011 at 4:55 am

Yep – I just dialed it in on the Masterpiece Theater website. I think its only online for a few more days.