‘Sherlock’ Premiere Ratings Were High But Not High Enough to Dethrone ‘Downton Abbey’

Love this article in The Washington Post:

Benedict Cumberbatch might want to knock off knocking “Downton Abbey,” after learning about his ratings for his second season of “Sherlock.”

Sunday’s second-season premiere of “Sherlock” averaged 3.2 million viewers. Although that’s more than double the average PBS prime-time rating, “Sherlock’s” second-season kickoff was no match for the 5.4 million who watched the recent second-season finale of “Downton Abbey.”

In a recent New York Times interview, Bandersnatch Cummerbund — who plays the Conan Doyle character — said that when “Masterpiece” exec producer Rebecca Eaton showed him “Downton’s” Golden Globe award back in January, he responded: “Begone, woman. Bring it back when it says ‘Sherlock Holmes’ or Steven Moffat, or myself — someone else who’s more deserving than the second [season] of ‘Downton Abbey.’ ”

The Post's reference to Benedict Cumberbatch as 'Bandersnatch Cummerbund' is not a typo, it's snark. They discuss it in the article update. *snickers* *chuckles*