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I have to laugh at how Joy thought she had done her homework by saying Rob James Collier is a "soap star" but didn't bother to do any research about the character he played on Corrie (Liam Connor) to know he wasn't still on the show. 

 

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Weird reading on tumblr some of the seemingly reasonable people who say that Dan Stevens horribly betrayed them by leaving the show and that he owes the show his success, he should have stayed.

I thought that type of reaction was more American. I guess not.

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Not anymore--they only edited episodes in Seeason one (ones they thought Americans wouldn't get--like aboutthe succession oif inheritance etc, and some for "pacing". I believe the DVD is uncut though). Once it became a huge hit they realized they may as well air every second they can. I find it hysterical that they worried PBS viewers would find Downton, by far one of the fastest paced UK period dramas I can think of, too slow.

Speaking of I guess that Shondra Rimes (I think?) sorta US DOwnton (though I think it was set at a hotel) with John Barrowman wasn't picked up? Maybe people remembered how disastrous the 1970s US attempt at somewhat remaking Upstairs Downstairs was.

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*edit* To add I do think that it's dumb that PBS has to air it so much later than the UK one--I'm sure it's a copntract issue, but don't they realize how many people can see it already online, or even import the UK BluRays which are region free? There was an article in the paper back in Nov saying how lucky Michelle Obama was because she was such a big fan, the studio sent her over the DVDs so she would see it ages before American fans... Like, c'mon.

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