Sweet merciful Jesus, Downtown Abbey is a boring show!

[Bucky]

Ten minutes in and I'm ready to blow my brains out. How did this anemic rip off of Upstairs, Downstairs ever get to be so popular? Leadfooted characterization, scene changes every 90 seconds, and not even Maggie Smith can save this travesty. If this travesty runs all the way to WW2 I'm sure I'll be rooting for the Nazis.

You kilometrage may veddy, old sport.

[Graybeard]

1. Try watching Downton Abbey instead.

You might like it better.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

2. +++

[eShirl]

3. see, if you're not simultaneously reading Patton Oswald live-tweeting it,

you're missing half of the experience

https://twitter.com/search?q=%40pattonoswalt%20%23DowntonPBS&src=typd

[msanthrope]

14. He's on Justified--can't wait to see him. nt

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[femmocrat]

4. Whew! It's not just me then!

I did not watch the first two seasons, but kind of caught up with it while it was on hiatus. I watched some of the "re-cap" type shows. I was really looking forward to getting immersed in all things Downton. I really enjoyed the show that preceded it, about Highclere Castle!

I could not get interested in it at all. Dullsville, IMO. But I recorded it, so I'll try again.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Do let me know where we can send you the DVD for Season 1.

[Generic Brad]

6. I started my day with Les Miserables

I ended it it with Downton Abbey. All for my daughter and wife.

Sigh. I totally missed the NFL playoffs yesterday.

[Chan790]

7. You must either really love them or really hate yourself.

I'm just not that much of a masochist.

[patricia92243]

8. Waaah - don't tell me that - I got season one and two on DVD for Christmas. Havn't watched yet.

[Bucky]

9. I think it's one of those aspirational shows, like Dynasty or Family Feud

Some people can watch it and enjoy the fantasy of living the good life. For myself, I just don't get into the sheer self-involved endurance required of being an upper class English twit. There's absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying a good soap opera, of course. As a kid I used to watch Hill Street Blues. So if you like it, love it. I'm just saying I prefer a show about doing instead of a show about being.

[sammytko]

11. For me season one was good, then barely made it through two, haven't

Thought about watching season three.

[alarimer]

10. I can't stand it either

But not because it's boring. But because I loathe those kind of upper class twits. People who apparently do nothing all day besides scheme. I even loathe the servants, which normally is where my sympathies would lie, but they're worse than the others. I only made it through the first three episodes before I wanted to gather outside that house with a mob.

[NV Whino]

12. I liked season 1 and 2 and thought that was the end of it.

I have no desire to continue with season 3.

[benld74]

13. Thanks for the warning. The wife recorded it and co-worker recommended it!

[OriginalGeek]

15. Becasue of the hype

I was interested. But then just last night (or was it the night before?) I heard the author interviewed on NPR and subsequently lost all interest. Sounded borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring. Even when they would play a clip to illustrate the awesomeness all I heard was the tedium.

If I want twits I'll watch Monty Python. They hold a yearly contest! The same guy always wins though. Still a better twit story than Downton Abbey.

[KG]

16. perhaps Downton Arby's is more your style...

http://jezebel.com/5896952/you-simply-must-pay-a-visit-to-downton-arbys