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Downton Abbey Season 4 Premiere Date Announced
14 May 2013 2:30 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
It still amazes me how big Downton Abbey has become. The fact that it was even included in Iron Man 3 was surprising and funny. I didn't jump on board the bandwagon until right before season 3 was released. I was surprised by how addictive the show is. It's just a beautiful setting with great characters. Anyway, PBS has announced that season 4 will premiere on January 5th and run through February 23rd.
Shirley MacLaine is reprising her role as Martha Levinson, Cora's (Elizabeth McGovern) mother, and there are going to be some new faces in the cast. That includes Tom Cullen as Lord Gillingham, a Crawley family friend whose history with Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) goes back to childhood; Nigel Harman as a visiting valet named Green; and Dame Harriet Walter as Lady Shackleton, a friend of the Dowager (Maggie Smith).
I'm curious how many of our readers watch Downton Abbey. »
- Joey Paur
It's A Date!
14 May 2013 8:42 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Season 4 of "Downton Abbey" has a premiere date!
The series is set to return to PBS on Sun., January 5, 2014. Season 4 will run for eight weeks, concluding on February 23, 2014.
The upcoming season will see the return of series regulars Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Jim Carter, Joanne Froggatt, Brendan Coyle and more. They will be joined by guest stars Shirley MacLaine, Tom Cullen, Nigel Harman, Dame Harriet Walter, Joanna David, Julian Ovenden, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Gary Carr.
A couple of familiar faces will be missing from the "Downton" cast, however, including Dan Stevens, who played Lady Mary's (McGovern) husband Matthew Crawley.
The actor left the series behind last year to pursue other opportunities.
“We were always optioned for three years,” Stevens told The Telegraph in December. “And when that came up it was a very difficult decision. But it felt like a good time to take stock, »
- Leigh Weingus
'Downton Abbey' Season 4 airdate news, more MacLaine to savor!
14 May 2013 8:03 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
The news from PBS is in: The the most talked about shows on television has an official premiere date: Downton Abbey Season 4 will begin on Masterpiece on PBS on Sunday, January 5, 2014. Masterpiece executive producer Rebecca Eaton announced the U.S. airdates today at the PBS Annual Meeting. The hightest-rated drama in PBS history, Downton Abbey Season 4 will run for eight weeks, from January 5 to February 23, 2014. Casting news for season 4 includes the return of Shirley MacLaine as Martha Levinson and several new actors, including Tom Cullen, Nigel Harman, Dame Harriet Walter, Joanna David, Julian Ovenden, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Gary Carr. They will join Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Michelle »
- April Neale
'Downton Abbey' Season 4 Gets Air Date
14 May 2013 7:30 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Downton Abbey, PBS' most-watched series, returns for a fourth season Jan. 5 through Feb. 23 in the U.S., PBS announced Tuesday As previously reported, Shirley MacLaine will reprise her role as Martha Levinson, Cora's (Elizabeth McGovern) mother, and there will also be some new faces in the cast. Among them: Tom Cullen as Lord Gillingham, a Crawley family friend whose history with Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) goes back to childhood; Nigel Harman as a visiting valet named Green; and Dame Harriet Walter as Lady Shackleton, a friend of the Dowager (Maggie Smith). Per previous seasons, the fourth edition will begin airing
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- Erin Carlson
‘Downton Abbey’ To Return to PBS on Jan. 5
14 May 2013 7:20 AM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
The fourth season of PBS Masterpiece’s “Downton Abbey” will premiere in the U.S. on Jan. 5 and run for eight weeks.
PBS also announced that it had acquired the third season of BBC Worldwide’s “Call the Midwife,” as well as the first season of British drama “Last Tango in Halifax,” starring Derek Jacobi.
A January premiere Stateside for “Downton” is typical for the cross-the-pond hit, but has become increasingly controversial because of spoilers coming over from the U.K., where each season launches the previous fall. The season-four premiere of “Downton Abbey” in Blighty is scheduled for September.
Interestingly, the season-four finale on PBS will come Feb. 23, the same night as the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics on NBC — a night that most broadcasters are shying away from in terms of scheduling. This year, the “Downton” season finale was the top-rated show on television in its timeslot, »
- Jon Weisman
The Latest 'Downton Abbey' Addition
1 May 2013 5:14 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
"Downton Abbey" has cast Gary Carr to play the show's first black character, a jazz singer named Jack Ross.
ITV announced Carr's Season 4 casting. Carr's jazz singer character is described as a "charming and charismatic young man."
“We are delighted to introduce another fantastic, dynamic character to 'Downton Abbey,'" Gareth Neame, an executive producer of "Downton Abbey," said in a statement. "His addition will bring interesting twists to the drama which we can’t wait for viewers to see in Series Four."
Carr's other UK TV credits include "Bluestone 42" and "Death in Paradise."
Carr joins previously announced new cast members Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Tom Cullen, Julian Ovenden, Nigel Harman, Joanna David and Dame Harriet Walter. Eagle-eyed "Smash" viewers will recognize Ovenden from his time playing Simon, JFK in "Bombshell," opposite Megan Hilty as Ivy Lynn.
Shirley MacLaine will also return to the series as Martha Levinson, »
- Chris Harnick
Redford Remembers Watergate in Discovery Channel Doc
18 April 2013 6:50 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Watergate Remembered in Discovery Channel Documentary 'Celebrating' the 40th Anniversary of the Watergate Scandal The Washington Post and American journalistic ethics in general may be only a shadow of what they once were -- and most of the U.S. press was never really all that great or even borderline trustworthy to begin with -- but Robert Redford remains the same, glimpsed here with Watergate investigators Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, and former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, shot (not literally) by Annie Leibovitz. Pictured above: Redford with Bernstein, Bradlee, and Woodward in the iconic Washington Post newsroom. The four veterans got together to promote the Discovery Channel doc All the President’s Men Revisited, about the 40th anniversary of the Watergate scandal that destroyed the Nixon presidency. With Redford as one of its executive producers, the documentary airs this month. Redford played Woodward opposite Dustin Hoffman's Bernstein in »
- Andre Soares
Why 'The Comedy' and 'The Revisionaries' Top Indiewire's 5 DVD/Blu-ray Picks This Week
26 March 2013 9:01 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
This week on DVD/Blu-ray: One of the most divisive movies to play at Sundance in ages; a documentary sure to infuriate and enlighten in equal measure; Andrew Dominik's long-awaited follow-up to "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"; one of last year's big success stories on the foreign film front; and a period pic starring Elizabeth McGovern sure to appeal to all her "Downton Abbey" fans.1. "The Comedy" There was no film more love-it-or-hate-it at Sundance last year than "The Comedy." Indiewire's Eric Kohn, for one, loves it. In his glowing review from Park City, he wrote: "There's little conventionally funny about 'The Comedy,' but its status as a provocation is a grand joke. Director Rick Alverson ('New Jerusalem') has made a one-of-a-kind portrait of pathologically insecure and over-priviledged hipsters, crafting the finest awkward-bizarre character study since Ronald Bronstein's 'Frownland. »
- Nigel M. Smith
Kate Winslet, Damian Lewis, Downton Abbey Stars Hit Book of Mormon Premiere in London
22 March 2013 5:35 PM, PDT | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
The Book of Mormon is primed to take London by storm—and plenty of celebs were on hand to herald its arrival last night at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Alas, the Prince of Wales himself couldn't make it, but Kate Winslet and program-clutching hubby Ned Rocknroll, Damian Lewis and wife Helen McRory, Thor star Tom Hiddleston and a slew of members of the Downton Abbey cast hit the event in honor of Matt Parker and Trey Stone's Tony Award-winning musical. Among the Downton Abbey lot who made it out Thursday were Elizabeth McGovern, Laura Carmichael, Sophie McShera, Lesley Nicol and Brendan Coyle. Boardwalk Empire star Michael Shannon also made the scene, as »
Kate Winslet and Ned Rocknroll Catch Book of Mormon Fever in London
22 March 2013 10:53 AM, PDT | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »
Newlyweds Kate Winslet and Ned Rocknroll joined a slew of British stars when they attended the London premiere of Book of Mormon last night. The couple skipped the red carpet but were spotted leaving the theater hand in hand. Plenty of celebrities did walk the red carpet, including Homeland's Damian Lewis, Rufus Sewell, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Downton Abbey stars Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera, and Laura Carmichael. These stars aren't the only celebrities who are fans of the hit musical - last week Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake saw Book of Mormon on Broadway in NYC. View Slideshow › »
- Maria Mercedes Lara
"Glee" Recap (4.15): Come What May
8 March 2013 8:43 AM, PST | The Backlot | See recent The Backlot news »
Previously on Glee, Emma left Will at the altar, and all the sex was had that day. Spurred into action by the memory of their many failed nuptials, Rachel and Finn did (unprotected?) things to each other. Buying into the guise of "bros helping bros," Kurt and Blaine also did things. Under the influence of much wine and even more dance floor canoodling, Quinn and Santana did scissor-type things — twice. Also, Kurt said "VapoRape" and Brittany and Santana stared forlornly at each other and Becky the Flower Girl was a modern marvel. Oh, and Brody was a gigolo.
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Emma Pillsbury is looking ever so fly in a lady-tuxedo and performing a black-and-white rendition of "You Are All the World to Me" a la Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding. It's edited together like a single take, which is almost as impressive as the fact this show has been able »
- StuntDouble
"Glee" recap 4.15: Rooting Around
8 March 2013 8:29 AM, PST | AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news »
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Previously on Glee, Emma left Will at the altar, and all the sex was had that day. Spurred into action by the memory of their many failed nuptials, Rachel and Finn did (unprotected?) things to each other. Buying into the guise of "bros helping bros," Kurt and Blaine also did things. Under the influence of much wine and even more dance floor canoodling, Quinn and Santana did scissor-type things — twice. Also, Kurt said "VapoRape" and Brittany and Santana stared forlornly at each other and Becky the Flower Girl was a modern marvel. Oh, and Brody was a gigolo.
Lima, Ohio
Emma Pillsbury is looking ever so fly in a lady-tuxedo and performing a black-and-white rendition of "You Are All the World to Me" a la Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding. It's edited together like a single take, which is almost as impressive as the »
- stuntdouble
Downton Abbey Invaded by Jazz Age, New Faces in Season 4
4 March 2013 9:16 AM, PST | TheImproper.com | See recent TheImproper.com news »
Downton Abbey’s stately manor house will look the same, but plenty of new faces will be making the scene, as yet another veteran departs ahead of Season 4. And, get ready for Shirley MacLaine to stir the pot again as the mother of Lady Cora Crawley (Elizabeth McGovern). During Season 3, the show lost Jessica Brown Findlay, who played Lady Sybil and Dan Stevens, who played Downton Abbey heir Matthew Crawley. [...] »
'Downton Abbey': Shirley MacLaine to return as Martha Levinson
3 March 2013 8:00 AM, PST | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - TV news news »
Shirley MacLaine is to return to Downton Abbey, it has been confirmed.
The veteran actress will reprise her role as Martha Levinson, Lord Robert Crawley's (Hugh Bonneville) American mother-in-law, The AP reports.
MacLaine joined the cast as Cora Crawley (Elizabeth McGovern)'s mother in the first part of the ITV show's third series last year.
Series creator Julian Fellowes previously hinted to Digital Spy that MacLaine could make a return.
Meanwhile, opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa has also joined the cast as a house guest and will reportedly sing during the series.
Tom Cullen was previously announced to be joining the show as Lord Gillingham, an old friend of the Crawley family.
EastEnders actor Nigel Harman, Dame Harriet Walters, Joanna David and Julian Ovenden will also star in the upcoming fourth run, which airs later this year.
"The addition of these characters can only mean more delicious drama, which »
Downton Abbey: Meet Lady Mary's New Beau! Plus: Get a First Look at Season 4
2 March 2013 1:44 PM, PST | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Matthew who?
Downton Abbey has tapped Welsh actor Tom Cullen to join the show’s Season 4 cast as a love interest for Michelle Dockery’s grieving widow, Lady Mary.
Cullen, whose credits include the 2011 gay indie pic Weekend, will play a role TVLine first told you about back in January, that of Lord Gillingham, an old family friend of the Crawleys who has known Lady Mary since childhood.
Related | Downton Abbey Shocker: [Spoiler]‘s Leaving Too!
Other new Season 4 additions include Dame Harriet Walters as an old friend of Maggie Smith’s Dowager and Nigle Harman as a visiting valet named Green. »
- Michael Ausiello
O'Brien Exiting Downton Abbey; Shirley MacLaine's Martha Levinson To Return
2 March 2013 9:34 AM, PST | Access Hollywood | See recent Access Hollywood news »
Lady Cora's scheming maid, Sarah O'Brien, is departing "Downton Abbey."
A rep for Masterpiece confirmed to AccessHollywood.com that the maid to Cora Crowley, The Countess of Grantham (Elizabeth McGovern), who in Season 3 caused major trouble for Thomas, is leaving Downton to do other things.
But, the rep adds, the door is left open for the character, played by Siobhan Finneran, to return.
Fans who saw the Season 3 finale might have had an inkling that the character was working on her exit plan.
While in Scotland - and after she realized Wilkins, the maid to ...
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- nobody@accesshollywood.com (AccessHollywood.com Editorial Staff)
Shirley MacLaine Is Headed Back To 'Downton'
2 March 2013 6:53 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
New York — Shirley MacLaine will be returning to "Downton Abbey" next season, and opera star Kiri Te Kanawa is joining the cast.
MacLaine will reprise her role as Martha Levinson, Lord Robert Crawley's freewheeling American mother-in-law, Carnival Films and "Masterpiece" on PBS said Saturday. MacLaine appeared in episodes early last season.
New Zealand-born soprano Te Kanawa will play a house guest. She will sing during her visit.
Other new cast members and characters include:
_ Tom Cullen as Lord Gillingham, described as an old family friend of the Crawleys who visits the family as a guest for a house party (and who might be the one to mend Lady Mary Crawley's broken heart).
_ Nigel Harman will play a valet named Green.
_ Harriet Walter plays Lady Shackleton, an old friend of the Dowager Countess.
_ Joanna David will play a guest role as the Duchess of Yeovil.
_ Julian Ovenden is cast as aristocrat Charles Blake. »
- AP
Another Key ‘Downton Abbey’ Loss: Siobhan Finneran Leaving O’Brien Role
1 March 2013 4:13 PM, PST | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Update: With the ghosts of the characters that left Downton Abbey last year still figuring heavily, a host of new faces is set to grace the halls of the manor. I’ve confirmed that Tom Cullen (Last Days On Mars), Julian Ovenden (Foyle’s War), opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa and Harriet Walter will all have parts in the upcoming season. Previous: Man, when are the Downton Abbey faithful going to catch a break? Siobhan Finneran, who plays maid O’Brien to Elizabeth McGovern’s Lady Cora Crawley, won’t be returning to the hit period drama for Season 4. Although a shadowy character — renown for her ability to perilously position bars of soap, smoke cigarettes ominously and set up nocturnal visits between footmen — O’Brien has figured in many integral storylines over the past three seasons and now becomes the third original player to depart ahead of next season. Jessica Brown Findlay, »
- NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
Another Shocking 'Downton Abbey' Departure
1 March 2013 11:03 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
O'Brien is leaving "Downton Abbey," Masterpiece has confirmed to The Huffington Post ... and unlike Dan Stevens' departure, not many viewers will be sad to see the notoriously catty maid to Lady Grantham (Elizabeth McGovern) go.
"I'm not doing any more," Siobhan Finneran, who played O'Brien, revealed to the Press Association, via HuffPost UK. "O'Brien is a thoroughly despicable human being -- that was great to play."
Though Masterpiece confirmed that O'Brien would not appear in "Downton Abbey" Season 4, the door seems open for her return.
O'Brien has been a love-to-hate character throughout her three seasons on the show, from causing Cora's (Elizabeth McGovern) miscarriage in Season 1 to the bitter feud she had with under-butler Thomas (Rob James-Collier) that led to her outing him in Season 3.
"People actually love that she's a nasty piece of work. They love to dislike her," Finneran told HuffPost TV in January of 2012. "I've always »
- Jaimie Etkin
‘Downton Abbey’ Shocker: Siobhan Finneran Not Returning For Season 4
1 March 2013 10:10 AM, PST | HollywoodLife | See recent HollywoodLife news »
O’Brien? More like No-Brien! The actress confirms she won’t be appearing on the show’s fourth season.
Were you hoping Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) would eventually learn the truth about how O’Brien (Siobhan Finneran) caused her miscarriage, resulting in an epic confrontation? Sorry to disappoint you, but Siobhan has confirmed to The Huffington Post UK that everyone’s least-favorite bang-sporting maid will not be on Downton Abbey when the show returns for season four.
“I’m not doing any more,” she told the site. “O’Brien is a thoroughly despicable human being — that was great to play.”
The news was futher confirmed by a spokesperson from the show.
But don’t worry; though Siobhan is moving out of the abbey, she won’t be leaving television completely. She has an upcoming role on The Syndicate, which will air on BBC1.
Other Actors Who Asked To Leave ‘Downton Abbey »
- Andy Swift
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