I can’t believe that season four of Downton Abbey begins in less than a week! Remember it premieres Sunday, January 5 at 9 p.m. on GPB and we'll be hosting a watchparty via live chat on this blog.

Are you as excited as I am? A couple of weeks ago, hundreds of revelers came to GPB headquarters to view the first episode at our annual preview gala party. You can see some of the photos we snapped at the event here. You can get their armchair review of episode one in this recap video below.

The overall consensus: two thumbs up. And might I add that’s it’s a tearjerker. See their review and a recap of the gala party below.