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Guinness Record For ‘Downton Abbey’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday September 14, 2011 @ 9:54am PDTTags: Downton Abbey, Julian Fellowes, PBS Masterpiece Theater

Guinness World Records has awarded Downton Abbey with the accolade of the “Highest critical review ratings for a TV show,” which the record book says means the PBS Masterpiece series created and written by Julian Fellowes is the most “critically well-received show in the world,” snatching the honor from previous record holders Mad Men, Sons of Anarchy and Modern Family. Downton, which has been nominated for 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, averaged a score of 92 out of 100 on Metacritic, which provided the date of compiled reviews.

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Imagine John Lennon And Sherlock Holmes Headlining PBS Masterpiece Fall Season

By TIM ADLER in London | Friday September 10, 2010 @ 1:20am PDTTags: BBC, Christopher Eccleston, John Lennon, Kenneth Branagh, PBS Masterpiece Theater, Trevor Eve

Masterpiece’s Fall kicks off on Sunday, October 3 with the second series of Wallander, the Swedish detective portrayed by Kenneth Branagh, memorably described by one critic as “having the permanent mien of a recently slaughtered halibut”. British critics have found … Read More »

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Can The Miniseries Emmy Field Be Brought Back From The Brink Of Extinction?

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 8, 2010 @ 5:30pm PDTTags: 62nd Emmy Nominations, HBO, HBO Miniseries, PBS Masterpiece Theater, Starz, The Kennedys, The Pacific, The Pillars of the Earth
Nellie Andreeva

History’s The Kennedys and Starz’s The Pillars of the Earth can’t come soon enough. The miniseries form has been on life-support in the past couple of years, with only one U.S. network, HBO, making consistent efforts in the arena. As a result, the nomination field for best miniseries has developed … Read More »

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