Downton is BACK! Well, overseas, that is. Tragically PBS has once again decided NOT to air the show simultaneously in the US, and it'll be January before most Americans see it.
Because the show has a huge following, a great many of whom live most of their lives outside the computer and therefore don't even know that the show airs earlier in the UK than the US. Which is why PBS can delay the airings and claim that it is still highly successful. Because our moms and grandparents and aunties don't watch it until they can see it properly on Masterpiece Theater. But there is still a large contingent of those who spend a lot of time online who are given the conundrum of whether to wait and watch it on the (relative) big screen and likely have the whole thing spoiled on tumblr, or whether to try to find another way to watch it online. If you're in this group, I highly encourage you to contact one or all of the following and express your frustration:
Producer: WGBH
One Guest Street
Boston, MA 02135
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/feedback/
http://www.pbs.org/about/contact/viewer-services/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/feedback/index.html
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My British buddy was just talking about how it was starting again--I claimed that I definitely need to get in increase in salary so I can visit every autumn for Downtown season, so we can watch it together. ;D
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