Downton Abbey kicks off its sixth and final season on Jan. 3 in the U.S., but the show could have continued into Season 7, exec producer Gareth Neame told Deadline:
I think everyone feels mixed emotions [about ending Downton]. It’s been a huge thing for everyone involved in it. It’s the biggest most successful production I’ve ever made. We all feel very blessed. Nobody regrets ending when we did. We have a final season that’s as strong as the first because we quit while we were ahead — we had the ambition that we had a complete show. We easily could have gone for a seventh season, but if I’d have said “We haven’t got Maggie” it would have been a shadow of itself. I hope that will make people want to watch the show. Everyone is very thrilled with the final season and it has gone down very well in Britain. Hopefully it will have as big or bigger an impact in America.
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Neame also offered an update on the potential Downton movie, noting that while there’s nothing in place at the moment, we should know more in 2016:
I’m glad about the movie question because it replaces the question of three years which was always, “When is the show going to end?” We’ve had some conversations about it. Julian and I are keen. There is no script and no firm plan but it’s certainly something there is talk of; we’re not in denial about anything. We’ll know more next year.
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