EPIC TV NIGHT

We are back in that totally rare sweet spot time of  year when Sunday nights are just the highlight of the week - tv wise ( the rest of our watching week is just pretty much MSNBC and Househunters ). This one possible may be the very best ever - even with MAD MEN, CALL THE MIDWIFE , Game of Thrones and some possible SHERLOCK to come

THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SNOW

This is just pure cheeky British fun - with us not knowing half of what they are talking about. But the biggest GASP of the night from all four of these shows was when someones tiered pie ( not at all what you would think.... ) almost fell over. I just love it.

 DOWNTON ABBEY

Oh my goodness... what is Lord Fellowes doing to us this season?!? Is it just me or have we gone slightly off the rails here ? Just way way improbable things happening there at the big house. Crazy mixing of up and down stairs with most of the posh lot seemingly just going around in circles. Bringing up the death of Mr. Green again, really....zzzzz....Edith stalking that poor baby , the weird teacher woman that I guess has a room somewhere in the manse .... lets hope things pic up .

It is still beautiful to look at, and parts of it are a joy to watch , but the stories are just getting to far fetched.  NYT's review of tonights episode.

 LOOKING

HBO's nod to the gays, GIRLS with boys as it were. Started out slow and tonight just sort of dissolved into out right porn - but classy porn, with really cute guys - of all ages and body types, a very first for broadcast tv. Our local PBS station hosts a call in post Downton show, so we get to watch the half hour show with out missing any of the Sunday Night PBS greatness.

 GRANTCHESTER

Are you staying tuned post Downton for this FANTASTIC show ? It is one of those please just let me crawl inside my tv and live in the same world as these wonderful people. Now, it is sort of very much along the same lines as another one of my absolute favorites, ITV's Endeavour. Only this time we are in early 1950's Oxford and not the mid -60's. There would also be the problem of people dying all the time, but to be near our hero priest, it would be totally worth is. We are only on the second episode if you have missed them , I bet they are on PBS.COM for free. It is one of those WAY British shows that we have to use the subtitles for to understand a lot of what is going on