Masterpiece Theatre

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PBS television program anthology series television series

Masterpiece Theatre is a long-running American television anthology series on PBS known for presenting high-quality British dramas and literary adaptations.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
PBS Masterpiece	7
Masterpiece Theatre canonical	3
Masterpiece (PBS)	1
Masterpiece Theater	1
PBS Masterpiece (as co-production partner)	1
PBS Masterpiece anthology	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	PBS television program ⓘ anthology series ⓘ television series ⓘ
associatedWith	WGBH Boston ⓘ
basedOn	British television dramas ⓘ literary works ⓘ
broadcastFormat	series of serialized dramas ⓘ
broadcastOn	public television ⓘ
broadcastType	non-commercial television ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReception	critically acclaimed ⓘ
distributionArea	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
firstAired	1971 ⓘ
format	television anthology ⓘ
genre	anthology ⓘ drama ⓘ literary adaptation ⓘ
hasRebrandedAs	Masterpiece ⓘ
hasSegment	Masterpiece ⓘ surface form: Masterpiece Classic Masterpiece Contemporary ⓘ Masterpiece Mystery! ⓘ
hasSpinOff	Mystery! ⓘ
knownFor	high production values ⓘ importing BBC productions to U.S. audiences ⓘ presenting British dramas ⓘ presenting literary adaptations ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableFor	introducing British period dramas to American audiences ⓘ long-running presence on PBS schedule ⓘ
originallyPresentedBy	Alistair Cooke ⓘ
originalNetwork	PBS ⓘ
presentedBy	Alan Cumming ⓘ Alistair Cooke ⓘ Gillian Anderson ⓘ Laura Linney ⓘ Russell Baker ⓘ
producedFor	PBS ⓘ
productionValue	high ⓘ
sourceOfContent	BBC ⓘ ITV ⓘ
subjectMatter	contemporary drama ⓘ historical drama ⓘ
targetAudience	adult viewers ⓘ
typicalEpisodeRuntime	approximately 60 minutes ⓘ
typicalSourceMaterial	classic novels ⓘ modern novels ⓘ stage plays ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Masterpiece → formerName → Masterpiece Theatre ⓘ

Masterpiece → alsoKnownAs → Masterpiece Theatre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Masterpiece Theater

Downton Abbey → originalChannelInUS → Masterpiece Theatre ⓘ