Downton Abbey is set for series 5, and the news shouldn’t come as a shock.

Following the Downton Abbey series 4 finale on Sunday evening, host network ITV announced that the show has been commissioned for a fifth series. The news was spread via the show’s official Facebook page:

“Like millions of other Downton fans, I can’t wait to see what’s next for the Crawley family,” said PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger in a press release. “We’re proud to be the home of this extraordinarily entertaining series, and, along with our stations, we look forward to sharing season five with U.S. audiences.”

Added the show’s executive producer Gareth Neame, “Audiences have enjoyed their regular Sunday evening visits back to Downton once again this autumn and we are thrilled to produce a new series of the show next year. We promise all the usual highs and lows, romance, drama and comedy played out by some of the most iconic characters on television. All the actors and makers of the show continue to be humbled by the extraordinary audience response and want to take the show from strength to strength next year.”

This most recent series of Downton Abbey has received stellar ratings throughout its eight-episode run with an impressive 11 million viewers on average. Though this evening’s episode is billed as the series finale, we still have the Christmas Special to look forward to on December 25.

In the United States, viewers are eagerly awaiting the January debut of the show on PBS.

We’d love to see Downton Abbey series 5 receive an episode order of more than nine episodes, but it doesn’t seem like this wish will come to fruition anytime soon.