All good things must come to an end and it looks like Downton Abbey is no exception. The UK historical drama is ending with the upcoming sixth season reports TVLine. The series airs on PBS here in the US.
Word is that many of the castmembers’ contracts are due to expire at the end of season six and they are ready to move on. Earlier this month, actress Maggie Smith teased that the series would be ending, saying, “I can’t see how it could go on… I mean, I certainly can’t keep going. To my knowledge, I must be 110 by now. We’re into the late 1920s.”
According to insiders, “You can keep the show going without Matthew and Sybill, but you can’t continue it without the entire Crawley family,” an insider notes.”
What do you think? Are you sorry that Downton Abbey is coming to an end or, is the time right? Would you have watched a seventh season without some members of the cast?
There is an old adage in show business–“…always leave them wanting more.” Which I think is true here. I hate it to be so, but there are characters that could be continued and thereby ranging into the future. It was GREAT fun!!! I will miss the show!
Season 7 should be made, it’s the one of few meaningful series on TV.
I wish it would go for a seventh season. Seven is the number of perfection.
Downton abbey should continue and take the family through WWII. So many storylines could be done. The children grown up and being in the service or even spies for England. Mary and Edith still having complications, business or romantic. Atticus could be an agent in Germany, being captured and sent to a concentration camp, when it is found out he’s Jewish. And what if Michael Gregson is found barely alive in a camp -then what would happen with Edith and her (possibly) new husband? The stories could be endless. Please continue, Julian Fellowes!
I would love to see it continue!
Absolutely !!!!!
I am quite sad that Downton Abbey is ending with the sixth season. The only way I can get through this is to have a yearly Downton Abbey festival and watch all six seasons over consecutive nights. I just finished watching seasons 1 through 5 getting ready for season 6 to arrive in the mail soon! I just love this show and it will be a yearly festival for me from how on.
Yes a season seven. In these troubled times we need something beautiful to enjoy for another season. I wouldn’t mind one or two characters leaving but not the main characters. It is reasonable that Maggie smith might leave.
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Of course I would watch another and another series of Dowton Abbey. It could go on and on with new people , new stories and the changes as the years go on within the household.
I love Downton abbey please continue series 7 and 8
And as much you can. Please
Please make season 7&8 and more. I love it very much.
Oh please make a season 7 and more!!! Love it so much!
We need season 7&8
I will miss Downton Abbey! I would have watched Season 7, even without some of the major characters. This was a wonderful look back into history. Although I know this family didn’t represent the majority of English families of the day, still, this was a fascinating look back.
I will miss the show very much and wish that it could continue. The actors are just superb and the writing by Julian Fellows a real masterpiece. I look forward to seeing the actors in other productions and I hope that other works by Julian Fellows will be televised in the future. If there is any chance at all that there could be a season 7, I would definitely be delighted.