The show is opened in a similar manner to Masterpiece Theatre.

That's the average size of the audience for "Masterpiece Theater."

For the "Masterpiece Theater" set, it seemed like a dream come true.

So "Masterpiece Theater" may have changed less than the landscape around it.

Masterpiece Theater is undergoing some basic changes this season.

What "Masterpiece Theater" suffers from at the moment may be only an image problem.

The first 15 episodes of that series were also shown on "Masterpiece Theater," in 1978.

And "Masterpiece Theater" on public television has been a chief beneficiary.

The last one proved so popular that the series was moved to Masterpiece Theatre for higher ratings.

She didn't watch "Masterpiece Theater," having already seen it on tape.