The proof of the pudding, as they say, is in the eating. Which means, if I can get on my soapbox for a minute, that in order to judge something, one ought to experience it first hand. One can't know how the pudding has turned out until one actually tastes it. I was asked last week--while I was on vacation with my wife--for an interview by a journalist from The Daily Mail, who got in touch to talk to me about PBS' upcoming launch of ITV's period drama Downton Abbey , which stars Hugh Bonneville, Dame Maggie Smith, Dan Stevens, Elizabeth McGovern, and a host of others. (It launches on Sunday evening as part of PBS' Masterpiece Classic ; my advance review of the first season can be read here , while my interview with Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes and stars Dan Stevens and Hugh Bonneville can be read here .) Normally, I would have refused, just based on the fact that I was traveling and wasn't working, but I love Downton Abbey and am so enchanted with the proj...
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My boss should actually send his best wishes and thanks to you as well, since because of you, I actually try to get to work early each morning to read your take on what's happening on television.
Thanks for a great year of insight!
Your blog is entertaining, informative, and an excellent resource/diversion for all of us TV junkies.
Congratulations and keep up the great work!
Anyways, Congrats! and More postings to come please!
You introduced me to Nobody's Watching, I am forever in your debt.