PBS’ Rebecca Eaton knows the first rule of politics: timing is everything.
The "Masterpiece Theatre" executive producer, who helped bring "Downton Abbey" to the airwaves, specifically chose last Thursday morning to make the pilgrimage from Boston to Washington D.C. to pitch PBS for future funding.
“The pilot told me to shut off my phone. We had one nomination when I got on the plane and 37 nominations when I got off,” Eaton told TheWrap at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday night.
“Americans are much more generous,” Julian Fellowes told TheWrap. “They’re not trying to make a fool of you all the time."
“Americans see the fun in award shows more than we do,” Fellowes continued. “It’s a difference of culture. The English have a resistance to success that the Americans don’t.”
The “Downton Abbey” tour’s next stop is the British version of the TCAs on Tuesday, before appearing together at Friday’s Olympic Opening Ceremonies in London.
As for a potential Pippa-esque moment of global-TV fame on Friday, Fellowes promised, “I can handle it."
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