Tag: Downton Abbey

• 5 British TV Shows to Replace Downton Abbey

  A sad(ish) thing happened to Anglophiles and history nerds a couple of weeks ago: Downton Abbey ended after six seasons. I watched a couple of seasons of Downton Abbey, but I was not a consistent watcher, although I do thoroughly appreciate the way they would just hurtle forward in time to avoid expensive production moments.…

  thepoelog

  April 5, 2016

  reality (not), travel, Uncategorized

  British Television, Come Dine with Me, Downton Abbey, Downton replacements, Four in a Bed, Geordie Shore, Jeremy Kyle, not PBS, Reality TV, Take Me Out

• Reality TV Time: To the (Myrtle) Manor Born

  

  I grew up in trailer parks. Made friends at fine “semi-permanent establishments” in Arkansas, ran wild in “land lease communities” in Missouri, gotten in fist fights in “mobile communities” all over Texas. But none of those temporal estates were as nice as the five-star Myrtle Manor on TLC’s seminal ode to the cheapest form of…

  thepoelog

  April 24, 2013

  reality (not)

  Downton Abbey, in-flight entertainment, Myrtle Manor, Reality TV, Trailer Parks, Wiener Girls