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13 items tagged with Downton Abbey

  • 'Downton Abbey' Season Finale Recap: 'I Just Can't See a Happy Ending'

    'Downton Abbey' Season Finale Recap: 'I Just Can't See a Happy Ending' | ARTICLE

    So. That happened. Lots of other things happened, too, by the way. They kind of had to, seeing as how this movie-length episode (which originally aired in the U.K. not as the finale but as a traditional Christmas...

    February 17, 2013 10:45 PM ET
  • Best Dowager Countess Quotes: 'Downton Abbey' Season Three

    Best Dowager Countess Quotes: 'Downton Abbey' Season Three | LIST

    Oh no she Downt'nt! True, Downton Abbey may not be the most action-packed show on television. But thanks to the irrepressible presence of Lady Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, it packs an arsenal of zingers,...

    February 15, 2013 9:00 AM ET
  • 'Downton Abbey' Recap: You're Out

    'Downton Abbey' Recap: You're Out | ARTICLE

    All you really need to know about this week's double-sized episode of Downton Abbey you can learn from Cousin Rose – or, as I like to call her, "Cousin Oliver: Downton Edition." Less a character than...

    February 10, 2013 11:05 PM ET
  • 'Downton Abbey' Recap: 'The World Isn't Going Your Way'

    'Downton Abbey' Recap: 'The World Isn't Going Your Way' | ARTICLE

    The costumes were the black color of mourning. The outdoor light was cold and gray. The Crawley women's pale faces were made up to look sickly, even ghostly, rather than porcelain-radiant. Even in raw visual terms, the...

    February 3, 2013 10:05 PM ET
  • SAG Awards: 'Argo,' 'Downton Abbey' Land Unexpected Wins

    SAG Awards: 'Argo,' 'Downton Abbey' Land Unexpected Wins | ARTICLE

    While not as raucous as the Golden Globes or as glitzy and prestigious as the Oscars, the Screen Actors Guild Awards are how actors pat each other on the back with a fast-paced, straightforward ceremony that exclusively...

    January 28, 2013 9:35 AM ET
  • 'Downton Abbey' Recap: 'Like Too Many Women Before Her'

    'Downton Abbey' Recap: 'Like Too Many Women Before Her' | ARTICLE

    The thing about comfort food is that when someone serves you a piping hot plate of it week after week, you never suspect that one day they're going to grab it and smash it into your face. Downton...

    January 27, 2013 10:05 PM ET
  • 'Downton Abbey' Recap: 'We All Live in a Harsh World'

    'Downton Abbey' Recap: 'We All Live in a Harsh World' | ARTICLE

    Never forget: Before his burning-down-the-house act in tonight's episode of Downton Abbey, fiery Irish rebel Tom Branson's great act of protest was supposed to be dumping kitchen slop on a general's head. Downton's long painted Branson as...

    January 20, 2013 10:05 PM ET
  • 'Downton Abbey' Recap: Always the Kitchen Maid, Never the Bride

    'Downton Abbey' Recap: Always the Kitchen Maid, Never the Bride | ARTICLE

    For once, Lady Edith Crawley is the center of attention. Literally: In the opening scene the camera revolves around her in a great sweeping circle, a big goofy grin plastered on her face as she watches her...

    January 13, 2013 10:05 PM ET
  • 'Downton Abbey' Premiere Recap: Your Kiss Is On My List

    'Downton Abbey' Premiere Recap: Your Kiss Is On My List | ARTICLE

    If you want to know why I love Downton Abbey – and let's be honest here: I love Downton Abbey – its third season premiere has you covered with a single kiss. The staging was impeccably considered. Dark-suited,...

    January 6, 2013 11:05 PM ET
  • 'Downton Abbey': Real Housewives of the 1920s

    'Downton Abbey': Real Housewives of the 1920s | ARTICLE

    Nice try, Shirley MacLaine. But the old-school English aristocrats of Downton Abbey already have a resident rage queen, and her name is Dame Maggie Smith. She might be pushing 80, but as the Dowager Countess of Grantham,...

    January 4, 2013 1:00 PM ET
  • 'Downton Abbey' Season Three Cheat Sheet

    'Downton Abbey' Season Three Cheat Sheet | ARTICLE

    Ready to reenter the world of the classiest soap opera in television history? When Downton Abbey begins its third season here in the States on PBS this Sunday – it's already aired in the U.K., leaving the...

    January 4, 2013 11:00 AM ET
  • The British Are Coming: 'Downton' Does Midtown

    The British Are Coming: 'Downton' Does Midtown | ARTICLE

    Most people still have to wait a good three weeks before the aristocratic Crawley family and their loyal team of servants return to American television on January 6th

    December 13, 2012 11:30 AM ET
  • The Juiciest TV Hookups of 2012

    The Juiciest TV Hookups of 2012 | LIST

    Sometimes the waiting is the hardest part, as with the long-simmering attraction between The Vampire Diaries' Damon and Elena or Downton Abbey's  Anna and Mr. Bates. And sometimes they don't wait at all, like Stannis...

    December 10, 2012 2:55 PM ET