DGS49
Diamond Member
So Downton Abbey was a series produced by the BBC (contracted to Carnival Films), and picked up by U.S. Public Broadcasting. America loved it, as did the rest of the world. Including me.
The gang who "did" Downton Abbey have got together with Carnival Films to produce a movie which will cleverly be called, "Downton Abbey." It picks up the same characters two years later, and adds to the original story line. Same writer, same cast.
Our local PBS station is running hour-long promotional programs, pushing the movie and encouraging viewers to pay to go see it in theaters (as well as buying the DVD sets of the original TV series).
How's that again? This is a commercial venture - profit-making venture, if all goes well - unrelated to PBS, and PBS is giving it free publicity and advertising. I realize that PBS doesn't get all its funding from the Gub'mint, but is this an appropriate use of our tax dollars?
The gang who "did" Downton Abbey have got together with Carnival Films to produce a movie which will cleverly be called, "Downton Abbey." It picks up the same characters two years later, and adds to the original story line. Same writer, same cast.
Our local PBS station is running hour-long promotional programs, pushing the movie and encouraging viewers to pay to go see it in theaters (as well as buying the DVD sets of the original TV series).
How's that again? This is a commercial venture - profit-making venture, if all goes well - unrelated to PBS, and PBS is giving it free publicity and advertising. I realize that PBS doesn't get all its funding from the Gub'mint, but is this an appropriate use of our tax dollars?