Masterpiece Mystery has been broadcast continuously from 1980 to the present. PBS changed the name from Mystery! to Masterpiece Mystery in recent years.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080249/episodes?year=2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Masterpiece_Mystery!_episodes#Season_46_(2016)
Can this be updated?
@farrellbl wrote:
Masterpiece Mystery has been broadcast continuously from 1980 to the present. PBS changed the name from Mystery! to Masterpiece Mystery in recent years.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080249/episodes?year=2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Masterpiece_Mystery!_episodes#Season_46_(2016)
Can this be updated?
I am no expert on the show, but didn't it stop 1988 and then a show called Masterpiece Theater replaced it?
@JuanArango wrote:
I am no expert on the show, but didn't it stop 1988 and then a show called Masterpiece Theater replaced it?
No PBS rebranded several different shows under one umbrella "Masterpiece Theater". The thing is though, these were dramas and mysteries that had already aired in the UK. The "Masterpiece Theater" thing was how they were marketed to the US market.
For example, compare the listings for Mystery in season 7 with Miss Marple or Sherlock Holmes:
https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/23452/masterpiece-mystery/episodes
https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/24151/miss-marple/episodes
https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/3255/sherlock-holmes
I don't believe there was anything extra added to these episodes when they came across the Pond. So the question is, should Mystery be listed at all as it's repacked imports?
@LadyShelley wrote:
No PBS rebranded several different shows under one umbrella "Masterpiece Theater". The thing is though, these were dramas and mysteries that had already aired in the UK. The "Masterpiece Theater" thing was how they were marketed to the US market.For example, compare the listings for Mystery in season 7 with Miss Marple or Sherlock Holmes:
https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/23452/masterpiece-mystery/episodes
https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/24151/miss-marple/episodes
https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/3255/sherlock-holmes
I don't believe there was anything extra added to these episodes when they came across the Pond. So the question is, should Mystery be listed at all as it's repacked imports?
ugh, another complicated show. :) So you think we need to delete what we have here?
@JuanArango wrote:
ugh, another complicated show. :) So you think we need to delete what we have here?
I have a vague memory of a discussion about Masterpiece Theater happening once before, as it's not listed here. but I don't remember what was decided about Masterpiece Mystery. My gut reaction is it shouldn't be listed as it's just retransmissions of UK shows in a different wrapper (you note Mystery showed both ITV and BBC shows ...)
@LadyShelley wrote:
I have a vague memory of a discussion about Masterpiece Theater happening once before, as it's not listed here. but I don't remember what was decided about Masterpiece Mystery. My gut reaction is it shouldn't be listed as it's just retransmissions of UK shows in a different wrapper (you note Mystery showed both ITV and BBC shows ...)
let us bring in @TonyMayhew and @TomSouthwell on it :)
I think from memory this has been brought up before and it was decided it could be kept because each episode has a host introducing the show. Also episode lengths are changed sometimes, so episode orders are extended or shortened and sometimes they are also involved in production too i think.
