OK, when there was all that palava with Isobel, all nervous, waiting in the library for the returning warriors, and then Consigliere Sprat turned up with a mysterious goodbye gift from The Dowager that they couldn’t bring upstairs, did anyone…

This week we learn that Mary, whose exacting standards are rivaled only by Violet and Carson, wants to encourage Edith’s beau, Brancaster Bertie, to compete on England’s Olympic Bore Team. Mary will have no trouble getting him a spot. She…

I know exactly what you’re all thinking right now: Why couldn’t Lord Grantham have done that when he was sitting across the table from Larry Grey? Why??? The dining room at Downton has seen more than its share of disastrous…

‘Carson is a kind man.’ ‘Sybil’s kindness changed my life.’ This week’s theme is kindness; and this episode is all about how having it, giving it and receiving it, changes lives for the better – and how not getting it twists others. It also invokes the memories of two of the kindest souls…

What a night! Carson and Mrs. Hughes finally jump the broom, the prodigal chauffeur returns, and Anna didn’t cry even once! Wait, what’s that I hear? A choir of angels playing Ode to Joy on kazoos? Too right! Candy Striper: Float…

We begin this episode with the Breakfast Ballet; the downstairs ensemble gracefully, wordlessly, preparing the breakfast trays for the upstairs audience like a well-rehearsed and choreographed troupe. What a shame it would be to break up this band. A bicycle rides up…

Ambassador Matthew Rycroft is the United Kingdom’s official and permanent ambassador to the United Nations. He talks about some of his responsibilities as the UK Ambassador to the UN, what type of affect shows, like Downton Abbey, have been having…

Tim Piggot-Smith is a veteran stage and screen actor, who is currently staring on Broadway in King Charles III. In an interview with WNET’s Stephen Segaller, he talks about his experiences working on Broadway, his interactions with fans after playing…

Hope Dellon is an executive editor at St. Martin’s Press, who was responsible for the publishing of the Downton Abbey: A Celebration; The Official Companion to All Six Seasons. She talks about her experiences getting to visit the Downton Abbey…

Downton Day has arrived! Release the hounds! As season six begins we are awash in wagging doggie tushes. It’s as if they know how much the audience loves that waggy Labrador opening and want to give us our fill before…

Like the swallows returning to San Juan Capistrano, last week the cast of Downton Abbey (sadly, for the last time) flew in from Old Blighty to stage their annual British invasion and took New York by storm. They were everywhere:…

In the past week, when the news has been relentlessly grim and lurching from horror to the next, I needed a way to de-stress after the evening news. Here’s what I did: I pulled out my Downton Abbey DVDs and started…

The drama, the scandals, the romance! Experience the highlights of Downton Abbey, Season 5, in this complete recap, then watch the premiere of the final season, Jan. 3, 2016, 9/8c on MASTERPIECE on PBS. #DowntonPBS

We are getting very close to the Downton Abbey Season 6 premiere – Sunday,  January 3 at 9pm on THIRTEEN – so close we can smell it from here!  Now, the only thing that stands between us and Downton nirvana…

Recently I had ten days off from work and had a decision to make: Should I have a staycation here in New York City, or should I take a trip to London? London won. A trip like this is really…