"Downton Abbey: The Gilded Age" is airing its sixth and final season. Gareth Neame, the show's executive producer, explained in an interview the ending of the show and what the future holds for them.
First, Neame discussed about the show's ending. He said that the decision to end the show was a mutual agreement between the producers and the cast of the show. A previous report said that it was merely the cast that made the decision was totally untrue. They all agreed that the right time has come to do a closure, while they are all still popular and while the viewers are still yearning for more, Broadcasting and Cable reported.
Second, Neame decided not to give any hints on the things that will happen in season six. He did, however, said that there is a possibility that a "Downton Abbey" movie may come up in the future, The Independent reported. However, there are still no concrete plans for it. He did say that a slightly similar series will be started for NBC and will be called "The Gilded Age." A 19th century New York and New England will be brought to life.
NBC did announce "The Gilded Age." From a press release three years ago, the network said, "NBC and Universal Television enter deal with Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning writer-producer Julian Fellowes of "Downton Abbey" to create and produce his next dramatic series."
"Downton Abbey: The Gilded Age" executive producer explained that the show's six-year run is not easy to forget, adding two more years for pre-production work, pushing the show to the producers. It is nearly a decade that Neame spent for this project alone. With regards to the story, the future of the primary characters will never be known, like 30 years from now when Baby George will be a grown up man and taking care of the estate.
