The Week contest: Robot melodrama

This week's question: Tech executive Bernt Bornich has staffed his house with a robot butler. What would you call a Downton Abbey-style drama where the household staff is made up entirely of humanoid machines?
Click here to see the results of last week's contest: Virginia aliens
THE WINNER: "Upload, Download"
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Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida
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