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Get Reacquainted With Downton Abbey

10:33AM
October
31, 2012

If you’re a “Downton Abbey” fan you know season three is wrapping up its run in the UK.  WOSU TV will present season three of “Downton Abbey” on the new season on “Masterpiece Classic”, premiering Sunday, January 6 at 9pm.  In the meantime we’re giving you an opportunity to get reacquainted with your favorite characters [...]

Persuasion

12:16PM
July
5, 2011

Jane Austen’s Persuasion was written between August, 1815 and August, 1816. It’s reported this was this time period in which she became ill and eventually died in July of 1817. Persuasion was published a year after her death by her brother, Henry Austen, who was a big fan of his sister’s work.

From Mystery to Classic

12:56PM
May
26, 2011

Tonight we transition from MASTERPIECE MYSTERY to MASTERPIECE CLASSIC. This is a fairly subtle transition that I’m sure most of you wouldn’t really notice unless you’re a huge fan of the mystery genre. Then I’d be willing to bet after a couple of weeks you may start to notice you hadn’t seen a mystery program. [...]

Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Classic

4:57AM
January
8, 2011

I’ve been waiting for DOWNTON ABBEY since the summer, and I have to tell you it was well worth the wait. If you enjoyed the Jane Austin MASTERPIECE CLASSIC specials a few years ago, you’re going to love this one! Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey starts 9pm, Sunday on WOSU TV. Downton Abbey is an Edwardian [...]

Jane Eyre returns to WOSU TV. It’s about time.

10:15PM
December
8, 2010

There’s a reason why this novel—and its subsequent movie and television adaptations—have been so popular since Charlotte Bronte first brought to the world’s attention feisty but quiet Jane and the brooding Rochester (you really can’t write about nineteenth-century heroes without using the word “brooding”). This adaptation has pretty much everything: “star-crossed” lovers, mysterious obstacles to [...]