Good news for fans of "Downton Abbey": the show was just renewed for a fourth season on U.K. TV network ITV. And show creator Julian Fellowes says Maggie Smith's Dowager Countess Violet Crawley -- for many viewers, "Downtown'"s highlight -- will not be killed off this season. In fact, even if Smith wanted to leave the show, Fellowes says, he would plot it so she could return: in that case, Violet would be sent off "to live by the sea."
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