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Poll Results: Should ITV order a third series of Downton Abbey

Poll Results: Should ITV order a third series of Downton Abbey

For the past fortnight we’ve been asking ATV Today readers to vote on whether or not they think ITV should order a third series of Downton Abbey – well voting has closed and we can now reveal the result.

It’s all academic of course because late last week ITV confirmed it had indeed ordered a third series which wasn’t a surprise given the strong ratings performance of Downton Abbey‘s second series. In fact I’d go as far as to say that a third season was never in doubt as with ratings of 9 million per episode ITV would be mad not to renew the Julian Fellowes drama.

Going by the results of our poll though ATV Today readers may not agree with that sentiment. Critical and viewer reaction to the second series has been decidedly mixed with may explain the results of the poll because a whopping 88.9% of you voted no – you didn’t think ITV should renew Downton Abbey while only 11.1% of you wanted to see another series. We can only imagine how disappointed the majority must be at last week’s news but here at ATV Today we’re delighted Downton Abbey will be back next year though we haven’t got the foggiest what we’ll be watching on Sunday’s until then!

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