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The holidays are here, which means families are curling up around the virtual fireplace, basking in the soft glow of the LED screen. And now, thanks to the revolution of streaming, we have more options for distracting relatives from mentioning the word "impeachment" unless they're asking
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When The Great British Baking Show premiered in the summer of 2010 on BBC, it was not the show we know today. The six-episode series was an amalgamation of ideas: History, U.K. geography, fundraising (and getting others involved in starting baking fundraisers of their own), and a reality competition
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As the season starts to turn colder, our minds naturally turn toward staying home, making tea, curling up with the biggest, coziest blanket we can find and watching as much TV as possible. And now, thanks to the revolution of streaming, we have more options for things to stay cozy
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The Great British Baking Show keeps things traditional with a return to Pâtisserie for this season's semi-final. This has been the standard semi-final challenge nearly every year since Series 2 (which has never aired in the US.) Series 4 and 6 (Seasons 2 and 3 for PBS viewers)
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The Great British Baking Show hits pastries for the Season 10 quarterfinal. Pastry is one of the standards of the series, having been a Weekly Challenge every season save Series 2 (never seen in the U.S.) and 3 (PBS Season 5, aka GBBS: The Beginnings on Netflix). In those
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First Masterpiece brought back the 1970s-era period drama Poldark for the 21st century. Soon it will be reviving heartwarming family series All Creatures Great and Small for a modern audience. Now comes word that another classic series is returning to public television, albeit in a new form. PBS Masterpiece is
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As if "Dairy Week" wasn't nebulous enough this season as a theme week, The Great British Baking Show goes even more meta with the Top Six and forces them to think "Festivals." I might go so far as to say this sounds like the
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The tent is finally down to a manageable amount of bakers on The Great British Baking Show, as the Top Seven pile in for Dessert Week. This theme week has been a standard since the second series (which Americans haven't seen), only getting dropped once during Series 8
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American viewers may not know this, but The Great British Baking Show started partly as a history program. The initial first season (which never aired here in the U.S.) was one-part baking contest, one-part fundraising initiative, and one-part "history of baking." It wasn't just Bread
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There was a time, early on inThe Great British Baking Show history where the categories were straightforward. There were Pies, Puddings, Traybakes, and Desserts. But since Season 6 (Season 3 for us), they've been getting more experimental in the tent. Now there are more meta ideas like "
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Early Downton Abbey movie reviews are rolling in, and critics and fans alike seem to love the Crawley family's big screen debut. Downton Abbey was a surprise hit when it first came out in 2010. The original seven episodes were originally conceived as a miniseries, where the events
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It's time for the third and final of the baking basics as The Great British Baking Show brings us Bread Week. It's Bread Week in the tent, with all the under-proofed and overworked tragedies that come with it. Bread Week is also the unofficial Paul Hollywood