The Emmy Awards competition will be getting fiercer among TV movie and miniseries performers.
PBS' fall schedule has a definite British accent, courtesy of the returning drama "Upstairs Downstairs" and newcomer "Call the Midwife."
The Titanic remembered on the 100th anniversary of its doomed maiden voyage.
Even the landed gentry of "Downton Abbey" would be impressed: A philanthropist is giving $1 million to PBS' "Masterpiece," U.S. home of the British upstairs-downstairs drama series.
From dramas to docs, the Titanic centennial won't escape TV's notice. On special programming, viewers will be welcomed aboard the doomed luxury vessel, hear stories of its passengers and crew, and explore the legacy of its tragic end.
Even the landed gentry of "Downton Abbey" would be impressed: A philanthropist is giving $1 million to PBS' "Masterpiece," U.S. home of the British upstairs-downstairs drama series.
It's hard to know which brings more viewers to something like "Downton Abbey": the grand life above stairs in the great house or the bustling turmoil that makes it all possible. Certainly, its attraction is rooted in the contrast between a grandeur to ogle and a world of drudgery to deplore.
"Downtown Abbey" star Dan Stevens has been spending twice as much time in the past.
Dan Stevens wants to make `em laugh.
