Downton Abbey third series opens in US with record PBS audience

Twelve hours later, all that anticipation had taken some of the edge off of the Season 3 opener of “Downton Abbey,” the PBS hit about dressing for dinner. But the distracting appearance of a cartoon American — Shirley MacLaine playing Lady Grantham's

Twelve hours later, all that anticipation had taken some of the edge off of the Season 3 opener of “Downton Abbey,” the PBS hit about dressing for dinner. But the distracting appearance of a cartoon American — Shirley MacLaine playing Lady Grantham's

The delay did not hurt Downton Abbey. The British import, which already concluded its third season in its native U.K., surged 96 percent over its previous season premiere when it returned to PBS on Sunday night.

First, the war, then the Spanish flu -- and now breast cancer may have come to Downton Abbey. In Sunday's highly anticipated third season premiere in the U.S., a major, older female character found a lump in one of her breasts and consulted with the

In the wake of Downton Abbey's Season 3 premier this weekend, we've been thinking about the real estate aspect of this hit PBS show. Why do the Earl and Countess of Grantham live in an abbey? Was the show really shot in a historic abbey? And, most