American audiences have become just as enamored with Downton Abbey, which is broadcast stateside on PBS, as their U.K. counterparts. People, on both sides of the water, are clamoring for the show’s U.S. airdate to be moved closer to it’s British run. PBS says the show, which is said to feature an interracial relationship, isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
While Downton Abbey airs earlier in England, in the states PBS chooses not to air the program until just after the holidays each year.
Head of PBS president Paula Kerger said that she can’t see any reason good enough to move the show from its traditional spot (via CBS):
“It would be very hard for me to imagine putting it anywhere else than where it has seemed to have found a very strong audience."
That is just not acceptable to some people, like show co-creator Steven Moffat.
He said that the idea that the show’s start should be postponed in the U.S. was just silly (via CBS):
“We can't expect a show to go out in one country and expect people in another country to wait more than a day. The world has changed utterly. We're going to be downloading all our television very, very soon, so the idea you have to wait is nonsense."
We should be in for an exciting season according to a recent article in Star. One of the hoity toity white woman begins to date a black man:
“Rebellious teen Lady Rose (Lily James) will be a thorn in the family’s side, this time by having a fling with a black jazz singer (Gary Carr).”
Ooh...how modern.
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