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Not that it can un-spoil season three for you, but still: iTunes will let anyone with a Downton Abbey season pass download the final three episodes on January 29. That is a full three weeks earlier than the PBS airing schedule; it is also the same day that the season-three DVDs are available for purchase. So, in summary, the fastest way to watch television will be on devices that are not your television. This makes sense.