• 'Downton Abbey' Returns To PBS Next January

  05/14/2013

  Downton Abbey, the British period-drama series, will return to PBS for its fourth season on Jan. 5, 2014, according to The Hollywood Reporter. At the PBS annual meeting on Tuesday morning, Masterpiece executive producer Rebecca Eaton announced the Downton Abbey news.

• Dan Stevens, Adamant About Leaving 'Downton Abbey' To Pursue Other Opportunities

  04/22/2013

  Dan Stevens was determined to depart Downton Abbey in order to cash in on opportunities that arose from his lauded portrayal of Matthew Crawley on the British drama series. In the finale of Downton Abbey's season 3, the death of Matthew Crawley stunned fans, as it came not long after the untimely death of Sybil Crawley.

• Jessica Brown Findlay Regrets Nude Scene: 'It's Not Something I Would Do Again'

  03/27/2013

  Jessica Brown Findlay, who previously starred as Lady Sybil on Downton Abbey, recently spoke out about doing nudity on screen. "If you're going to do a nude scene, be honest and natural," Brown Findlay, who goes nude in the miniseries Labyrinth, told Radio Times.

• Siobhan Finneran Quits ‘Downton Abbey’ And Character O’Brien

  03/05/2013

  Siobhan Finneran will not return to Downton Abbey as the ornery maid O’Brien for the hit U.K. show’s upcoming fourth season. “I’m not doing any more,” Finerran told HuffPo UK, referring to Downton Abbey.

• Tom Ellis, British Heartthrob, Might Join Cast of 'Downton Abbey' As Lady Mary’s Love Interest

  02/20/2013

  Tom Ellis could join the cast of Downton Abbey as the new love interest for the recently widowed Lady Mary played by Michelle Dockery. Ellis, who’s well known across the pond for his work on the comedy show Miranda, impressed the producers of Downton Abbey during his audition.

• Downton Abbey Season Finale Recap: Matthew Dies, Edith Becomes A Mistress

  02/18/2013

  Downton Abbey’s finale for its third season sees another pivotal character exit with the death of Matthew (Dan Stevens) while paving the way for new drama next season. Matthew’s death is understandably the aspect of the finale that’s creating the most buzz in the aftermath of Sunday’s episode.

• 'Downton Abbey’ SPOILERS: Matthew Dies Next

  02/15/2013

  Downton Abbey’s third season will come to a close on Sunday night, upping the tragedy at the Grantham estate a year after the events of the penultimate episode. Spoilers ahead! In Sunday's episode, Edith has become the object of her married editor’s affection.

• Downton Abbey's Thomas Reveals Himself, Matthew And Mary Get Good News

  02/11/2013

  Downton Abbey's season three is getting all ready to wrap up, airing a double episode on Sunday night that ended with a (mostly) friendly cricket game between the house and the village. Hot topics included the continuing fertility problems of Matthew (Dan Stevens) and Mary (Michelle Dockery), the professional and romantic future of Lady Edith (Laura Carmichael), the misadventures of Rose (Lily James), and, of course, the intensifying crush Thomas (Rob James-Collier) has on Jimmy-James (Ed Speleers), as well as the misguided romance between Alfred (Matt Milne) and Ivy (Cara Theobold) — both part of the complicated love-pentagon that plagues the kitchen staff of Downton.

• RECAP: 'Downton Abbey' Deals With Sybil's Death

  02/04/2013

  Downton Abbey continued to deal with family and estate dramas in the aftermath of Sybil’s untimely death in Sunday’s episode. Sybil’s surviving husband, Tom (Allen Leech), has announced that he will not only be taking Sybil’s infant child (also named Sybil) from Downton with him, but he will also be raising her Catholic – a point on which Sybil (Jessica Brown Findlay) had given her blessing.

• RECAP: Downton Abbey's Lady Sybil Dies In Childbirth

  01/28/2013

  Downton Abbey's Jessica Brown Findlay has played her last role as Lady Sybil on the PBS Masterpiece Classics British series, as her character died in childbirth on Sunday night's episode, leaving hubby Tom Branson to take care of their newborn daughter without her.

• RECAP: 'Downton Abbey' Introduces New Characters, Plot Developments

  01/21/2013

  When life hands poor Lady Edith Crawley (Laura Carmichael) lemons, say, in the form of her being left at the altar by her one-armed beau, Anthony Strallan (Robert Bathurst), she makes lemonade, or at least finds a cause to latch onto, this time in the form of equal rights for women in the 1920s England.

• RECAP: Nuptials For Edith On 'Downton Abbey'?

  01/14/2013

  Downton Abbey is back for American audiences, and episode two of season three had another wedding — almost — in store for fans. Edith (Laura Carmichael) and Anthony Strallan (Robert Bathurst) are set to tie the knot and, in Edith's words, be "so terribly, terribly happy," in spite of the fact that Edith is dull and the one-armed Strallan is twice her age.

• SPOILERS: 'Downton Abbey' Season 3 Premieres With A Wedding, Financial Crisis

  01/07/2013

  Series three of the hit ITV drama Downton Abbey finally aired Sunday in the U.S. on PBS. Downton Abbey already premiered across the pond way back in September, leaving only the most disciplined of viewers to resist spoiling the season premiere.

• 'Downton Abbey' Renewed For 4th Season, But Will Dan Stevens Return?

  11/26/2012

  For those invested in the trials and tribulations of the Crawley family, fans will be happy to know that the British network ITV has announced plans to renew Downton Abbey for a fourth season. The third season of the show has not premiered in the United States, but has already done so in the United Kingdom to record ratings.

• Downton Abbey's Maggie Smith Suffers Health Scare

  11/05/2012

  Dame Maggie Smith, 77, has hinted at leaving the hit British series, Downton Abbey, before, and now a recent health scare that Smith experienced might make a return to season four of Downton less likely.

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