By PEGGY TRUONG: Subscribe to Peggy's RSS feed February 23, 2012 2:51 PM EST
While "Downton Abbey" fans basked in the season two finale victories (Mr. Bates's new prison sentence, Mary and Matthew's engagement, the Countess of Grantham's usual musings, to name a few), PBS celebrated its own triumph: ratings.
Sunday night's two-hour "Downton" finale scored the network its highest ratings in nearly three years, with some 5.4 million viewers. The last time PBS hit numbers of this caliber was back in 2009, with the premiere of Ken Burns' documentary, "National Parks: America's Best Idea."
According to Entertainment Weekly, the second season of "Downton Abbey" drew a 25 percent increase in its audience over the show's first season, which premiered in the UK in September 2010. The show's viewers are also getting younger, with females aged 18-34 up a whopping 251 percent, EW reports.
Read more: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/303696/20120223/downton-abbey-season-finale-pbs-ratings.htm
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