Downton Abbey writer and creator Julian Fellowes is leaving England and heading to New York in The Gilded Age.

NBC Entertainment President Robert Greenblatt announced at the Television Critics Association press tour on Friday that Fellowes is taking on The Gilded Age, a series about the upper crust of New York’s social society set in the 19th century. The show has been described as an American version of Downton with titans of industry standing in for titled society.

The show was announced last year, but was put on the back burner, possibly due to Fellowes’s commitment to the upstairs-downstairs goings-on at Downton Abbey. Now Greenblatt said he “hopes” the new will “come to life sometime next season.”

Greenblatt didn't mention that the rise of The Gilded Age could mean the end of Downton. When The Gilded Age was originally announced, it was implied that Fellowes wouldn’t be able to devote his full attention to two shows. Recently, Fellowes admitted as much in an interview—when asked about The Gilded Age, he said: “It will happen when Downton finishes, because I just couldn’t do both at once.”

When pressed, he added: “It's not going to go on forever. It won’t be Perry Mason.”

While Downton, which is the most-watched drama in PBS history, has now been picked up for a sixth season, Fellowes’s new commitment to NBC could signal the beginning of the end of the beloved show, despite the fact that most fans, and undoubtedly PBS, would prefer Downton end around the time that Lady Edith finally finds happiness (read: never).