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Downton Abbey is a British historical drama television series, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. It first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United States on PBS, which supported its production as part of its Masterpiece Classic anthology, on 9 January 2011. The show ran for fifty-two episodes across six series. Set on the fictional Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey between 1912 and 1926, depicts the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their domestic servants in the post-Edwardian era, and the effects the great events of the time have on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
Downton Abbey was recognised by Guinness World Records as the most critically acclaimed English-language television series of 2011. [1] It received 69 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations, winning 15, including for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie for its first season and three for the supporting performance of Maggie Smith. [2] It received 16 competetive nominations in total for British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, winning two British Academy Television Craft Awards, as well as the non-competitive Special Award in 2015. [3] It received 11 Golden Globe Awards nominations, winning three, including for Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television and two for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television (for Smith and Joanne Froggatt). [4] The cast received 11 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, winning four, inclusing three for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and one for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (for Smith). The first season was also awarded with Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television and TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials.