{"id":148656,"date":"2025-09-11T09:59:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/148656\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T09:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:59:06","slug":"downton-abbey-franchise-courts-renewed-interest-ahead-of-final-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/148656\/","title":{"rendered":"Downton Abbey Franchise Courts Renewed Interest Ahead Of Final Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Downton Abbey<\/a> is nearing its end, and fans are flocking to the franchise to refresh their memories and reminisce about the franchise ahead of the highly anticipated conclusion\u2019s theatrical release this week.<\/p>\n

\n\tCombined viewership in July and August across all six seasons of Downton Abbey as well as the two prior films, Downton Abbey and Downton Abbey: A New Era, has more than doubled compared to the combined viewership for March, April and May, per NBCUniversal\u2019s internal data shared with Deadline.<\/p>\n

\n\tPer the company, these are record numbers for the franchise on Peacock<\/a>, illustrating quite an appetite for the forthcoming finale. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale<\/a> hits theaters on September 12.<\/p>\n

\n\tAudiences are in luck, though, because they won\u2019t even have to wait until Friday for new Downton Abbey material. NBC will air a special celebrating the franchise\u2019s conclusion Wednesday night at 9 p.m., and it\u2019ll stream next day on Peacock.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere is plenty of precedent for major theatrical releases, or even new seasons of a popular series, renewing interest in past offerings. Jurassic World: Rebirth did just that<\/a> for the Jurassic Park\u00a0franchise over the summer.<\/p>\n

\n\tDownton Abbey ran for six seasons, spanning 52 episodes and five Christmas specials. On the film side,\u00a0Downton Abbey\u00a0was released in 2019, with\u00a0Downton Abbey: A New Era\u00a0following in 2022. The first two\u00a0movies grossed more than $287 million combined globally.<\/p>\n

\n\tSimon Curtis returns to direct the final installment after helming\u00a0A New Era. Fellowes wrote all three movies.<\/p>\n

\n\tDownton Abbey: The Grand Finale, from Focus Features and Universal Pictures International, is the third and final film in the movie series based on the PBS period drama created by\u00a0Julian Fellowes<\/a>. The film will follow the Crawley family and their staff as they enter the 1930s. When Mary finds herself at the center of a public scandal and the family faces financial trouble, the entire household grapples with the threat of social disgrace. The Crawleys must embrace change as the staff prepares for a new chapter with the next generation leading Downton Abbey into the future.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe familiar cast also returns for\u00a0The Grand Finale,\u00a0which features Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Paul Giamatti, Harry Hadden-Paton, Robert James-Collier, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera, Lesley Nicol, Dominic West, Penelope Wilton, Joely Richardson, Paul Copley and Douglas Reith.<\/p>\n

\n\tNew to the franchise cast are Joely Richardson, Alessandro Nivola, Simon Russell Beale and Arty Froushan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Downton Abbey is nearing its end, and fans are flocking to the franchise to refresh their memories…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[51071,91234,88,220,9611],"class_list":["post-148656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-downton-abbey","tag-downton-abbey-the-grand-finale","tag-entertainment","tag-peacock","tag-tv-ratings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}