Amazon Prime's Not Entirely to Blame for the Removal of 'Downton Abbey'

What came about to 'Downton Abbey' on Prime? A new subscription provider obtained the rights to everyone's favorite British drama — here's how to watch.

Watch out, Amazon Prime. It looks like you’ve made some of your subscribers very offended. Last month, the streaming service confirmed that it would not be renewing its contract with PBS, which means presentations like Downton Abbey can no longer be viewed for loose with a membership. 

However, lovers who were scrambling to watch all six seasons of the British drama earlier than the July 1 deadline discovered themselves locked out an afternoon early, main to so much of impassioned tweets that might unquestionably make the Dowager Countess blush.

What happened to 'Downton Abbey' on Prime?

Amazon is losing the rights to stream the historical sequence to NBCUniversal’s new subscription service Peacock, which is able to launch on July 15. Though the transfer to a big network would possibly come as a surprise to some audience, it’s in truth not as bizarre as it sounds.

In 2008, NBCUniversal purchased Carnival Films, the U.K. manufacturing company at the back of Downton Abbey, which was once most effective in construction at the time. So NBC has in truth been benefitting from the display’s luck since its premiere in 2010.

Carnival’s managing director, Gareth Neame, said in 2012 that NBC’s acquisition of the studio "really opened a lot of doors" for the corporate, including the alternative to produce a TV adaptation of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" for the community. Unfortunately, the challenge wasn't nearly as standard as Downton Abbey.

Given NBC’s deep ties to the length piece, we will be able to’t blame Amazon for its removal from the website, but the video platform did allegedly admit to screwing up the timeline after participants complained that the series disappeared from their watchlists earlier than anticipated.

"Went to finish my last 4 episodes of Downton Abbey before they take it off Amazon tomorrow... JOKE’S ON ME. They decided to take it down a day early," one disgruntled subscriber wrote on Twitter. 

A 2nd user demanded, "[Amazon] put Downton Abbey back on today June 30 and comply with your prior agreement to take it off on July 1. This is not good customer service."

According to a person with the handle @patrick59932408, Amazon acknowledged that they had made a mistake: "Amazon says [Downton Abbey] should be restored this evening. It was taken down due to a technical glitch. However it will be removed from prime at midnight. After that I assume you will have to purchase the episodes."

You can currently watch the 'Downton Abbey' movie on HBO Max.

If you’re having a look for the 2019 film, which takes place two years after the occasions in Downton’s 6th and final season, it’s to be had to watch for free with an HBO Max subscription.

"The King and Queen are coming to Downton Abbey — and it’s all the Crawley family and their staff can do to keep the visit from going off the rails," the characteristic’s logline reads.

Like the collection, the movie gained in most cases positive reviews from critics. "Every element you expect to see, you see," Matt Zoller Seitz from RogerEbert.com wrote. "The movie knows what it is and is on top of its game. Everything is just so."

The Dowager wouldn’t settle for anything less.

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