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BBC Cancels 'Upstairs Downstairs'
- "Upstairs Downstairs" won't return to BBC. The network has canceled the drama after two seasons. "From 'Call the Midwife' to 'Bird Song' and 'The Syndicate,' 2012 has be...
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'Downton Abbey' Costumes Are Recycled From Other Television Series and Movies
- It's enough to make the redoubtable Dowager Countess of Grantham blanch. Members of her aristocratic family wearing clothes previously worn by other people who are not r...
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Cast Announced for New PBS Masterpiece Drama, 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood'
- It's been announced that Masterpiece on PBS is set to mark the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth by producing an ambitious two-part drama based on his final, u...
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Confessions of a Masterpiece Theatre Addict
- Hi, my name is Sandie, and I'm a PBS MasterpieceTheatre addict -- especially when it comes to the Masterpiece Classic programs. It's not really my fault. Blame my dear...
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So what's David Tennant doing in his post-Who career?
- It looks like David Tennant had no problem finding additional work now that his run on Doctor Who is ending. He has been signed to host Masterpiece Contemporary (the con...
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New TV on DVD releases this week
- Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow. Alien Nation - The Ultimate Movie Collection American Dad - Vol. 3 College Hill: Interns The Goldbergs - Best Of ...
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What's On Tonight: Simpsons, Cold Case, Brotherhood
- At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes, then new episodes of The Amazing Race, Cold Case, and Shark. NBC has a new Football Night In America at 7, followed by the Patriots...
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Gillian Anderson coming to PBS
- Hey there, X-Files fans! Do you miss Dana Scully? Me too. And Mulder. They may be reuniting sometime in the future, but in the meantime you can get your Gillian Anderson...
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Masterpiece Theatre host's remains plundered by "bone pirates"
- Say you're a distinguished essayist, broadcaster, and the host of one of public television's most successful shows. You live to a ripe old age and pass away quietly. All...
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``Masterpiece Theatre'' presents adaptations of classic literature and the work of contemporary writers as acted out by prestigious thespians. Among the stories that have been featured in the series' run are ``I, Claudius,'' ``Henry VIII'' and ``The Forsyte Saga.''







