How much do you love PBS? Come on, you know you love it -- from when you were a wee little babe watching Sesame Street to today when it brings you the brilliant programming that is 'The Complete Jane Austen'. Starting the first Sunday in January and continuing for THREE MONTHS, PBS will be treating us to the all the Masterpiece Theater versions of Jane Austen's works, including the dreamy Colin Firth adaption of Pride and Prejudice and Kate Beckinsale's feisty take on Emma!
If you can't wait for January to start, tune in to PBS tonight to catch Jane Eyre. Yes, it's Charlotte Bronte, but it's almost-Austen and will get you in the mood for all the respectable British adaptations about to flood your way. An independent woman, an inappropriate love match, scandals that rock society! It's all there and the second part finishes up next week on the sixth, and then we launch in Austen-mania!
Check out the schedule below and remember that you owe your local station a little cash for all the love they're showing you!
• “Persuasion” (1/13, 9-10:30)
• “Northanger Abbey” (1/20, 9-10:30)
• “Mansfield Park” (1/27, 9-10:30)
• “Miss Austen Regrets” (2/3, 9-10:30)
• “Pride and Prejudice” (2/10-2/24, 9-11)
• “Emma” (3/23, 9-11)
• “Sense and Sensibility” (3/30 and 4/6, 9-10:30)
Looking for non-Masterpiece versions of these novels? Check out these excellent adaptations from Hollywood!
Sunday, December 30
The Complete Jane Austen
Wednesday, December 5
Tin Man
What an utter disappointment this miniseries has been . . . I know a lot of people have already written about how terrible these past three nights have been, but unlike those people I actually like The 10th Kingdom. But this movie has just been a mess -- from the actors to the plot to the title of the damn series. If this movie is suppossed to be about "D.G." than why is it called Tin Man?
As for Zooey Deschanel, I've always wondered how she is an actress. While she's as cute as a button, she has no emotion. Neither does her sister Emily, but she's found the perfect role for her monotone delivery in Bones. In this show she appears like a confused little bird.
Didn't see the film? Don't believe me? You can watch the whole series over at scifi.com.