Does anyone watch this show? I started recording Downton Abbey for season 5 and this popped up on my recordings since they're both labeled as Masterpiece Classics. Season 3 just began and I thought it looks decent enough to start watching from the beginning. It's similar to Downton Abbey but focused more on the city life. Has anyone watched this before?

No spoilers please.

At the unfashionable end of Oxford Street in 1909 London, an American retail tycoon arrives to jettison fusty British tradition and open one of the finest department stores the world has ever seen: Selfridges. Three-time Emmy® winner Jeremy Piven (in his first television appearance since his iconic role as Hollywood agent Ari Gold in Entourage) stars as Harry Gordon Selfridge, the flamboyant entrepreneur and showman seeking to provide London's shoppers with the ultimate merchandise and the ultimate thrill.

Emmy® Award-winning writer Andrew Davies (Pride and Prejudice, Bleak House) conjures the opulence and excitement of Selfridges and the story of its founder, a man of exuberant, outsized, and potentially dangerous, appetite. Behind Selfridges' lavish shop windows, gleaming counters, and majestic doors, appetite intersects with ambition and desire not just for Harry, but for his staff, his family, and the various women drawn to the store and the man. Zoe Tapper (Stage Beauty) is showgirl and temptress Ellen Love; Frances O’Connor (Madame Bovary) as is Harry's loyal wife, Rose; Grégory Fitoussi (Spiral) is the mercurial window designer extraordinaire, Henri Leclair; and Aisling Loftus (Case Histories) is the spunky shop girl Agnes Towler. Mr. Selfridge airs Sundays, March 31 through May 19, 2013 at 9pm ET (check local listings) on PBS' MASTERPIECE Classic.

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Posted by TigerinATL

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Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:05 pm to marie antoinette

Season 1 and 2 are on Amazon Prime. I saw season 1 and liked it, haven't watched season 2 yet but I'd imagine you'd want to see the earlier episodes first. If you liked Downton you should give it a go.

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Posted by White Shadeaux

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Posted on 3/31/15 at 1:09 pm to TigerinATL

I watched them all.
Great show.
If you like the British shows, then you'll love this drama.

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Posted by Twenty 49

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Posted on 4/1/15 at 9:19 am to marie antoinette

We've watched it all along. It's not as entertaining as Downton to me, but it is definitely worth checking out if you like those kind of shows.

They do a decent job, like Downton, with developing storylines around the "help," and those are often more interesting. Selfridge himself, played by Jeremy Piven, can get tiring because he is so full of himself. Lady May is a little hotty. Keep an eye on her.

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