Reaching success on a worldwide scale, "Downton Abbey" has been warmly received by a plethora of viewers around the globe. Now finished with its third season, the television show was recently nominated for three Golden Globes in 2013 and 16 times for the 2012 Emmy's.

While the British-American program's recognition comes to no shock to a majority of its fans, it hasn't ceased to amaze its very own creator, Julian Fellowes.

"You really seem to kind of ring the bell once or twice in a career if you're lucky, and it was extraordinary," he told NBC News.

"[What] I like about love in the story is, love is an aspiration that is open to anyone. It doesn't matter who you are, if you fall in love with someone then you're sort of entitled," Fellowes added.

Broadening his creative horizons, Fellowes recently agreed to partner up with Universal Television and NBC to do his next project, which will again revolve around the lives of the extremely wealthy. However, "The Guilded Age" will put its emphasis on the lives and times of late 19th century millionaire tycoons living in New York.

In an NBC Universal press release, Fellowes gave a brief synopsis of the future project.

"This was a vivid time with dizzying, brilliant ascents and calamitous falls, of record-breaking ostentation and savage rivalry; a time when money was king."

Next up for "Downton Abbey" will be its two-hour Christmas special, which airs in the U.K. on Christmas Day on the ITV network. It will reportedly feature the Crawley's making the trek to Scotland for a visit with Rose and her parents at Duneagle Castle in the Highlands. The cast had filmed the scenes for the special in August.

Season 3 of "Downton Abbey" will debut in the U.S. on the PBS network on January 6.

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