PBS is really going to miss "Downton Abbey." So much so that the public broadcaster is going to give the British costume drama a stylish sendoff early next year with a Rose Parade float.
"No, I won't be on it," PBS President and Chief Executive Paula Kerger cracked to reporters covering the TV press tour in Beverly Hills on Saturday morning. TV viewers will see the float pass by just two days before the Jan. 3 premiere in the U.S. of "Downton's" sixth and final season.
"It's a float. It will have a lot of flowers on it," she said after a reporter pressed for details of the Rose Parade plans.