Downton Abbey premiered on the weekend overseas to approximately 8.6 million avid viewers signally that the popularity of the upstairs-downstairs pot-boiler has not waned.
The verdict will undoubtedly be in on Shirley MacClaine’s performance over the next few days.
The feisty seasoned pro was cast this season to portray Elizabeth McGovern’s wealthy American mother.
The ultra-talented Oscar-winner was spared the difficult task of winning over English audiences with a letter-perfect tonally-correct English accent.
American actors tend to sound a bit “flat and brassy” when they tackle the chore in period dramas and the like.
Tattler readers are keen to the fact that Downton Abbey is one of my favorite nighttime dramas and that I have been plugging the vastly entertaining soaper since day one.
I can’t wait until the new season broadcasts on PBS early next year.
‘Til then, stay posted for updates, eh?
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