An in-depth look at the young American heiresses. Set Year 2017 Video Release 2017-01-31 Studio PBS Genre TV Series MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Runtime 325 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis Join Elizabeth McGovern as she takes an in-depth look at the young American heiresses whose real life stories inspired the acclaimed TV drama Downton Abbey. This series takes you from the late 1800s, when daughters of America's new industrial millionaires marry into the money-strapped British aristocracy, to the 20th century, when a new kind of American Princess wields power not through wealth, but through character, style, and wit. Through the decades, these women bring dramatic change to the European aristocracy and eventually the world.