PBS waited until the morning after issuing Downton Abbey series finale stats to announce it has greenlit a second season of Mercy Street from Scott Free, which the programming service hopes will be Downton’s successor.
PBS noted its first original drama in more than a decade clocked 3.3 million viewers in its unveiling on January 17, following an episode of Downton Abbey's final season. PBS said this morning the episode was sampled by 5.7M viewers, and that its first…![]()
