downton abbey returns for its second season next week in the uk but americans will have to wait (wink) until january for the bastardized version that pbs will likely offer. last year they chopped off at least an hour so they could create 4 11/2hour episodes instead of the 7 hour long episodes shown in the uk. still baffles me as to why. maybe they had to get to the doowop reruns offered during pledge week.

its sort of a hackneyed upstairs/downstairs period drama but its well done if you like that sort of thing.

and season three has already been greenlit so you can set your dvrs ahead of time for january 2013.
- dave 9-07-2011 6:06 pm

Just finished season 2. Great soap.
- steve 1-03-2012 7:39 pm [add a comment]

they just released an hour and a half christmas episode.
- dave 1-04-2012 5:46 am [add a comment]

I'll be on the lookout for it.
- steve 1-04-2012 6:19 am [add a comment]

I have the British version of both seasons but have only seen the pbs version of season 1 so I still have some catching up to do.
- steve 1-04-2012 6:23 am [add a comment]

its the same show only the pbs version of season one was chopped up from seven hourlong episodes to four hour and a half episodes. for the second season theyve maintained the integrity of the individual episodes.

- dave 1-04-2012 3:40 pm [add a comment]

Guess I should have watched the christmas special a little closer to christmas.
- steve 1-30-2012 1:44 pm [add a comment]