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Warning: this recap contains references to a sexual assault that takes place in the episode. If this is a trigger, please do not read further. Before the recap gets into full swing, it should be noted (and I had long forgotten until New Year’s Eve) that the creator and writer of Downton Abbey was the co-writer of “Gosford Park” from …

So here we are with another year of Downton Abbey and plenty of stories on the horizon. The theme of the season seems to focus on change, and how willing (and able) everyone around Downton Abbey is to accept it. As the season begins, everyone in the house reals from the sudden departure of O’Brien, who has run off to …

PBS airs the annual Call the Midwife holiday special tonight at 7:30/6:30c, giving us a little prelude to the third season which airs in Spring 2014. In 1958 East End London, the holidays are not just about the opening of presents, but also about the closing of deep wounds. Although the weather is unseasonably mild for this time of year, …

As 2013 comes to a close, there is still plenty of new TV viewing to enjoy, mainly through holiday-themed movies, the debut of some new cable series and the return of several other cable dramas. Let’s take a look at all that December TV has in store for viewers: On December 1, the holiday themed movie Silver Bells will debut …

I hope you are enjoying PBS’s showing of Last Tango in Halifax as much as I am. In the third episode, Alan and Celia finally decide on a place to hold their wedding ceremony but it may include an uninvited guest. Meanwhile the girls are dealing with the fallout from their own troubles. Watch Last Tango in Halifax Sunday, Sept. …

As the happy couple, Alan and Celia, celebrate their upcoming marriage their families’ lives begin to unravel in the second episode of the PBS drama, Last Tango in Halifax. Here is the official synopsis: Celia and Alan buy an expensive new convertible car and throw an engagement party at the farm. Caroline and Gillian apologize to one another for their …

I’ve just experienced six of the most entertaining hours I’ve had in a long time, thanks to the PBS mini-series, Last Tango in Halifax. The series premieres Sunday, September 8th, at 8/7c. The series shot to the top of BBC Ones’s charts last year and now we can enjoy it here in the States.   Last Tango in Halifax follows …

I know that Downton Abbey fans will love this bit of news which has just come across my desk. Actually there are two news items we’d like to share with you this afternoon. First off, the official trailer for Downton Abbey’s fourth season will debut this Saturday, August 31, on PBS. The premiere of the 4th season isn’t until January …

The following list provides the dates of the season premieres for all of the returning and debuting fall major network shows as well as the summer/series/season finales for the summer cable dramas, a few returning cable network shows along with a number of made-for-TV movies and/or mini-series that will all air during September: September 3 through 6 – Luther will …

If you enjoyed the first episodes of BBC’s The Bletchley Circle, you’ll be as excited as I was to learn the news that the series will return to PBS for its second season with four new episodes in spring of 2014. The series will air once again on Sunday nights and it sounds like it’s going to be another nail-biting …