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Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes recently said he’d be surprised if the show didn’t have a fourth season. But network ITV has been tight-lipped on the subject until today when it announced it has commissioned another run of the hit period drama. Filming of eight new episodes and a Christmas special for 2013 will kick off in February. Executive producer Gareth Neame said, “Viewers can look forward to more drama, comedy, love, hatred, jealousy, rivalry, ambition, despair and romance” when the show returns to British screens next fall. He also noted that well-loved characters from above and below stairs will return along with the arrival of some new faces. The regular run of season 3 recently ended in the UK, while season 3 starts in the U.S. on January 6 on PBS. Season 3 was the highest-rated for Downton in the UK with consolidated ratings averaging 11.9M viewers for a 40% share.
‘Downton Abbey’ Gets Fourth Season Order From UK’s ITV
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It couldn’t happen to a better and nicer and more talented bunch of people. Gareth Neame is a class act and a brilliant producer along with Nigel Merchant and all the others here. One can only look forward to DRACULA which one hears is shaping up to be a monster for both NBC across the Atlantic and SKY Living. Good for Carnival — they are winners through and through.
I suspect Season Four of “Downton” will air early in 2014 on PBS’s “Masterpiece Theatre”.
Look for PBS’s airing of “Downton”‘s Season Three this Winter to be accompanied by pledge breaks!
If I were writing the show for season 4, I would have it turn out this way. . . Matthew as part of his bargain for bailing out Downton, got them to agree to abolish the end tail and make it so that Mary would inherit if and when he died. That way his son will inherit the title, but Mary will control the estate. Mary then learns that she can no longer stick to the old ways, and ultimately after fighting off suitors looking for money, she falls in love with a rich american businessman, or maybe an actor – even smarmier in Mary’s eyes. This at first goes against everything she holds dear, but love prevails. I would enjoy seeing her learning to run the estate with Branson at her side (this would also create some fun tension.) Just my two cents.