A recentNew York TimesarticlehighlightedPBS efforts to compete with premium cable channels with, shows likeDownton Abbeyand the newSherlockreboot.

Endeavorwill air on PBS this May.

There was very little crime solving technology in the 60s, so makes it a more fun role.

Gillian Anderson Expectaions

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With Sherlock, technology is essential to what he does.

Bringing new energy to old stories may work for mysteries, but will it work for Dickens?

I think shes in a lot of pain.

The Dickens specials,Great ExpectationsandThe Mystery of Edwin Drood, air on PBS in April.

Will you be watching the new versions, or should PBS not mess with the classics?

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