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Making MASTERPIECE, Episode Three: The "Downton" Effect

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4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Even if you haven't been watching MASTERPIECE every Sunday for the past 50 years, there's a very good chance you tuned in to watch Downton Abbey. The six-season epic brought renewed attention to the drama anthology series when it first aired more than a decade ago, and we look back at the interconnected lives of the Crawley clan and their servants with a few of the people who helped the title turn heads and claim awards. And in this final episode of our three-part docuseries, we explore how MASTERPIECE might continue to evolve for the next 50 years, tackling the challenges and opportunities still ahead.

We speak with Julian Fellowes, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Lily Collins and more. See our website, pbs.org/makingmasterpiece for a detailed transcript, complete with references and links.

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0:14.0

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0:20.3

Before we get going here, if you're just joining us and have not yet listened to the

0:24.1

first two episodes of Making Masterpiece, take a moment to do so.

0:28.1

This will make a lot more sense if you've listened to Parts 1 and 2.

0:32.3

You can find those episodes at pbs.org slash making masterpiece in the masterpiece studio

0:38.2

podcast feed or wherever you listen to podcasts.

0:44.5

September 18, 2011 was pretty much your standard Emmy Awards ceremony.

0:49.9

Comedian Jane Lynch, then starring in Glee, played host.

0:54.0

One family won its second award for Outstanding Comedy Series and Mad Men when it's fourth

0:59.5

award for Outstanding Drama Series.

1:02.8

But when it came to the category of Outstanding Mini Series or Movie, the winner was a bit

1:09.2

of a surprise.

1:13.6

First season of Downton Abbey ended up winning four Primetime Emmys that night, which kind

1:19.6

of shocked the millions of people watching at home, many of whom had never even heard

1:24.3

of the show.

1:25.3

And so all of a sudden everybody was going, what's Downton Abbey?

1:28.4

What's Downtown Abbey?

1:30.1

For then, Masterpiece Senior Series producer Suzanne Simpson, the 2011 Emmy Awards ceremony

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