More ‘Downton Abbey’ Is Ordered Up

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Hugh Bonneville, left, and Jim Carter of “Downton Abbey.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES

By ROBIN POGREBIN

November 10, 2013

The fourth season recently completed its run in Britain, where it drew an average of 11.8 million viewers, making it the highest-rated television drama there this year. The third season finale of “Downton Abbey” attracted 8.2 million viewers in the United States earlier this year.

“We promise all the usual highs and lows, romance, drama and comedy,” said Gareth Neame, the show’s executive producer and the managing director of Carnival Films, said in a statement. Paula Kerger, the president and chief executive of PBS, said: “I can’t wait to see what’s next for the Crawley family.”

The fourth season is scheduled to begin in the United States in January.


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