Lords of Grantham: The Forsytes, Downton Abbey, The Gilded Age & More
Oct 1, 2026 · 52 min · 14 segments
While we wait for The Gilded Age to return, we turned to our Patreon patrons to help us pick some classic episodes from the LoG docket. The patrons said Downton and the patrons said Sgt. Willis! To…
Yeah.
Oh, you go forward with it then.
Well, it's not like news news, but the New York Times top 100 shows of the past 21st century list came out.
Yes.
Yeah.
I mean, that's the kind of stuff that they do to just kind of poke at you because – Well, we were talking about it, and we had our own thoughts about the rankings of some of the shows, especially Down Abbey and The Crown.
And so we said, you know what? Maybe it's about time we rank the shows that we've watched.
We put out our own list of about 15 shows that we watched, and how would we rank them, the period dramas? We know period dramas.
New York Times does not.
So that is coming next week.
That's the plan.
Yeah.
Oh, you go forward with it then.
Well, it's not like news news, but the New York Times top 100 shows of the past 21st century list came out.
Yes.
Yeah.
I mean, that's the kind of stuff that they do to just kind of poke at you because – Well, we were talking about it, and we had our own thoughts about the rankings of some of the shows, especially Down Abbey and The Crown.
And so we said, you know what? Maybe it's about time we rank the shows that we've watched.
We put out our own list of about 15 shows that we watched, and how would we rank them, the period dramas? We know period dramas.
New York Times does not.
So that is coming next week.
That's the plan.
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