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
SECOND PLACE: "The Servers"
Larry Rifkin, Glastonbury, Connecticut
THIRD PLACE: "Modem Family"
Rick Torrence, The Village, Oklahoma
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Jeff Jerome, Northampton, Massachusetts
"The Uncanny Valet"
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
"To the Manor Borg"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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John Bregoli, Weymouth, Massachusetts
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Bill Jonas, San Clemente, California
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Rebecca Burgan, Grass Valley, California
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Rick Plasmati, Foxborough, Massachusetts
"The Remains of the Data"
Chris Solberg, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa
"Keeping Up Appliances"
Amelia Sizemore, Washington, D.C.
"Jeeves-3PO"
Bob Lehr, San Francisco, California
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