At long last, we “Downton Abbey” fans have been given a morsel to savor: the trailer for the new season has surfaced, thanks to what appears to be a clever videotaping of a U.K. video, provided by New York’s Vulture.

The new season airs in the U.S. starting January 2013. The trailer opens at the home of the Crawleys, and the Dowager Countess of Grantham (Maggie Smith) announces the arrival of Lady Grantham’s mother, Martha Levinson (played by new cast member Shirley MacLaine). We’re in for a treat when MacLaine goes hat-to-hat with Smith on that side of the pond.

Meanwhile, Bates is still in prison and his beloved Anna is still devoted. Robert, Earl of Grantham, appears to be having some money problems, and surprise, all doesn’t seem to go happily ever after for Lady Mary and Matthew (“but if we could disagree over something as fundamental as this then shouldn’t we be brave and back away now?” Groan. Cue the snowfall!)

Other storylines and characters aren’t addressed yet in the trailer, such as Lady Sybil’s controversial marriage to the family chauffeur, and whether or not Lady Edith finally finds true love.

滬江娛樂:在經(jīng)歷了有些狗血的第2季之后(好在精彩出色的圣誕特輯扳回一城),在世界范圍內(nèi)都有很好反響的《唐頓莊園》即將攜新季回歸。在之前舉行的美國(guó)電視評(píng)論家協(xié)會(huì)2012夏季美劇巡禮上媒體已經(jīng)搶先看到了第3季的預(yù)告片,而目前這只預(yù)告片正式曝光于網(wǎng)絡(luò)之上了。

在這部預(yù)告片中,盡管羅伯·詹姆斯-克里爾飾演的托馬斯、索菲·麥克舍拉飾演的黛茜和希歐布罕·芬內(nèi)朗飾演的薩拉·奧布雷恩都沒有亮相,但新加入該劇、飾演科拉夫人母親的雪莉·麥克雷恩卻現(xiàn)身了,此外還有瑪吉·史密斯飾演的老伯爵遺孀。

開播前的好消息是今年的“艾美獎(jiǎng)”(提名中,該劇獲得了包括最佳劇情類劇集(Best Drama Series)在內(nèi)的16項(xiàng)提名,這個(gè)成績(jī)僅次于美劇《廣告狂人》和《美國(guó)怪譚》的17項(xiàng)。

第三季《唐頓莊園》將于今年9月,在ITV電視臺(tái)正式播出,隨后于明年1月登陸美國(guó)PBS電視網(wǎng)播出。

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