Jon Hamm Takes a Trip to Sesame Street

Jon Hamm Takes a Trip to <i>Sesame Street</i>

The Mad Men star introduces the audience to clay, marble and metal sculptures as Elmo finishes up his Mount Rushmore-inspired masterpiece.  read more

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Watch Downton Abbey's Super Nintendo Game Parody

Watch <i>Downton Abbey</i>'s Super Nintendo Game Parody

Photo via Comcast and PBS With the current obsession over the British drama Downton Abbey, we just have one question. How is Downton Abbey not a video game already? There are Downton cookbooks, themed kitchen utensils and even 1000-piece puzzles....  read more

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PBS Shows to Take In-Depth Look at Newtown School Shootings

PBS Shows to Take In-Depth Look at Newtown School Shootings

According to a report by Entertainment Weekly, PBS has announced plans to air a series of programs examining the aftereffects of the Newtown school shootings....  read more

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iTunes to Allow Early Download of Final Downton Abbey Episodes

iTunes to Allow Early Download of Final <i>Downton Abbey</i> Episodes

Though Downton Abbey has already aired the entirety of its third season on Britain’s ITV and spoilers on the Internet are aplenty, iTunes is now giving fans of the award-winning historical series an opportunity to finish the season by month’s end....  read more

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Dan Stevens Leaves Downton Abbey

Dan Stevens Leaves <i>Downton Abbey</i>

The U.S. won’t get to see the third season of the hit British series Downton Abbey until January, but already the show is making waves across the pond. Dan Stevens, the actor who portrays Matthew Crawley, has decided against continuing with the period drama for a fourth season. “It was a very difficult decision. But it felt like a good time to take stock, to take a moment,” Stevens said in an interview with The Telegraph. “From a personal point of view, I wanted a chance to do other things." Stevens is getting the chance to do just that as...  read more

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PBS Painter Bob Ross' Moving Remix Tribute

PBS Painter Bob Ross' Moving Remix Tribute

For more than a decade, Bob Ross helped painters, both professional and amateur, perfect their “happy trees” and picturesque landscapes. He delivered mini-motivational speeches as he turned a blank canvas into a work of art every half-hour segment of The Joy of Painting. Ross cancelled the show in 1994, in an effort to focus his efforts on battling Lymphoma, and unfortunately lost that battle a year later....  read more

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Downton Abbey Stars Ink New Deals

<i>Downton Abbey</i> Stars Ink New Deals

Downton Abbey’s stars inked deals even thought PBS hasn’t renewed the show past a third season, but with all of the awards it has been getting coupled with the 5.4 million viewers the second season finale racked in last month it looks like it will get picked up for multiple seasons.  read more

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Watch President Obama Sing “Sweet Home Chicago”

Watch President Obama Sing “Sweet Home Chicago”

After President Barack Obama’s glorious rendition of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” last month, we didn’t think we’d see anything better from the President, musically, at least. Last night, however, stars that included Mick Jagger, B. B. King, Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck and Keb Mo gathered in the East Room of the White House for a blues concert in honor of Black History Month. The event was part of the series “In Performance at the White House,” and the entire show will be broadcast on Feb. 27 on PBS. As President Obama stated at the event, “This music speaks to...  read more

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Carmen Sandiego Movie Coming, Jennifer Lopez To Produce

<i>Carmen Sandiego</i> Movie Coming, Jennifer Lopez To Produce

Well she sneaks around the world from Kiev to Carolina. She’s a sticky-fingered filcher from Berlin down to Belize. She’ll take you for a ride on a slow boat to China, tell me where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Soon she’ll be on the big screen.  read more

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The White House Celebrates Black History Month with Motown

The White House Celebrates Black History Month with Motown

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will be hosting a Motown musical celebration in honor of Black History Month. John Legend, Sheryl Crow and Smokey Robinson are among the artists scheduled to perform at the event on Feb. 24. The concert will be recorded and broadcast on PBS on March 1....  read more

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