Downton Abbey: A show tailor-made for me

First of all, if you haven't seen Downton Abbey yet: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?  It is, quite possibly, the bestest show in the universe (yes, better than Pretty Little Liars and Game of Thrones, and that's saying something.  That something being: I have really random taste in TV).  This show is also basically aimed right at me, since my dissertation is pretty much "Downton Abbey Goes to India" (or more specifically, "The Downton Abbey Flu Episode Goes to India") and I have a weakness for Edwardian fashion.

North and South: Pride and Prejudice and Unions

Oooh, North and South.  I forget how I found you, but I've watched you probably 4 times in the past two years.  It has everything a girl (or guy) could want: a brooding hero, a plucky heroine, misunderstandings, tension, and STRIKES.  It's like Newsies, only set 50 years earlier in a different country without singing and without Christian Bale dancing his feelings.

Okay, so it's nothing like Newsies.  But it's still AWESOME.

The Tudors: Trashy, trashy history

Oh, The Tudors.  You started out with so much promise: history, campiness, trashiness, and super over-the-top acting.  And then you decided to get serious, which: BORING.  Finishing this series felt like homework, and I'm someone who *likes* homework.  It was like they ran out of all their good ideas by the time Anne Boleyn was executed (uh, 500 year old spoiler alert?).

Doctor Who: Irrefutable Proof I'm a Nerd

I really, really like Britain.  It's what I'm writing my dissertation on (well, mostly), and when it's disgustingly hot out I love nothing more than watching British murder mysteries and pretending that it's actually 50 degrees and rainy.  I'm also a huge nerd.  So it's kind of weird that it took me so long to get into Doctor Who, which is one of (if not the) longest running shows in Britain.  I haven't seen the "classic" version of Doctor Who because there's like 40 million seasons and I just don't have that kind of attention span, but I *have* seen most of the new version, which began in 2005.  It's impossible to describe the show without sounding like a massive dork, but I'll do my best.