In addition to Phenomenon of Downton and Introducing Series 2, the ITV website now has five more behind-the-scenes interviews including set footage from S2, in which we're privy to some surprising interactions and presence both upstairs and downstairs. Thomas Howes had the best comment to that effect: There’s a lot of power struggles going on ( Read more... )

* Jace Lacob @ the Daily Beast is one of the biggest DA champions out there, and he didn't disappoint with his S2 exclusive today. Based on his interviews with Julian Fellowes as well as the DA cast while they were in the US for the TCA tour, the exclusive consists of two parts:

1. The Brits' Surprising Emmy Hit: ‘Downton Abbey’ creator Julian ( Read more... )

Today's news round-up:

( behind the cut )

Both the Hollywood Reporter and HitFix have live-blogs of the event (+ a live-feed article for THR). HitFix is more thorough but Hollywood Reporter's funnier.

ETA. Most articles out of TCA are running the same thing, but this one has some additional spoilers re: Matthew and another character.

ETA 2. TCA photos courtesy of Getty

( close ups & group shots )

ETA. A timely article on the success of PBS Masterpiece, which cites Downton Abbey as the stellar example in their efforts to stay relevant:

Intelligent viewers have spoken

( Itinerary inside )

( *mucho flailing* )

ETA. Question for the moderators: No tag for Michelle Dockery? I managed to find it in the selection box but it's spelled 'Michell Dockery'.

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