Is “Downton Abbey” ending after Season 6?
According to a U.K. report, the period drama will come to a close after next season, prompted by creator and showrunner Julian Fellowes’ new TV project, “The Gilded Age,” which he’s set to write and exec produce for NBC’s 2015-16 slate.
Exec producer Gareth Naeme responded to the “endless speculation,” telling Variety, “We plan the show from year to year, and right now I just want the cameras rolling next month.”
Joking, “If I had a dollar for every time, every day this comes up,” Naeme said, “We are entirely focused on Season 6 right now, and getting scripts ready for production in a couple of weeks.”
Questions about the future of “Downton” were first raised earlier this month at the Television Critics Assn. press tour, when NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt announced that “Gilded Age” — which was previously in development for the...
According to a U.K. report, the period drama will come to a close after next season, prompted by creator and showrunner Julian Fellowes’ new TV project, “The Gilded Age,” which he’s set to write and exec produce for NBC’s 2015-16 slate.
Exec producer Gareth Naeme responded to the “endless speculation,” telling Variety, “We plan the show from year to year, and right now I just want the cameras rolling next month.”
Joking, “If I had a dollar for every time, every day this comes up,” Naeme said, “We are entirely focused on Season 6 right now, and getting scripts ready for production in a couple of weeks.”
Questions about the future of “Downton” were first raised earlier this month at the Television Critics Assn. press tour, when NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt announced that “Gilded Age” — which was previously in development for the...
- 1/29/2015
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety - TV News
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