'Endeavour' Season 7 to Premiere on Masterpiece in August

'Endeavour' Season 7 to Premiere on Masterpiece in August

Popular Inspector Morse prequel series Endeavour will indeed return for its seventh season this summer, albeit a little bit later than it has in the past.

Fans in the U.S. have largely gotten accustomed to seeing Endeavour hit our screens in June, as a kick off of sorts to the new season of Masterpiece Mystery programming. This year, Grantchester is taking that slot, and its fifth season will begin on June 14. Consequently, the young Morse prequel will slide a few months down the calendar.

Endeavour Season 7 will officially begin on Sunday, August 9. And it's slightly shifted premiere date isn't the only thing changing this season.

Where Season 5 of the series featured six feature-length installments, Season 6 returned to the show's more traditional four-episode format. Unfortunately, Season 7 will have just three episodes, entited "Oracle," "Raga," and "Zenana". (Plus side? The show's already been renewed for Season 8, so this isn't the end of things, even if it's probably considerably less story than fans would like.)