There are very few television shows where somebody can ruin an entire family’s reputation simply by inviting the wrong person to dinner, but that’s part of what makes The Gilded Age so entertaining. For three seasons, Julian Fellowes has turned the enormous mansions of nineteenth-century New York into a battlefield where the weapons are not guns, but the level of man you choose to marry, the amount of money to carry and where you sit at a dinner party. Serious business, folks.
The Gilded Age officially returns for Season 4 on Sunday, November 1, 2026, with the first of eight new episodes premiering on HBO and HBO Max at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The series follows Marian Brook, the orphaned daughter of a Southern general, who, in the style of the Fresh Prince moving with his auntie and uncle in Bel Air, instead heads to the home of her painfully conventional aunts in New York City.
Accompanied by the mysterious Peggy Scott, an African-American woman masquerading as her maid, Marian gets caught up in the dazzling lives of her stupendously rich neighbors, led by a ruthless railroad tycoon and his ambitious wife struggling for acceptance by the Astor and Vanderbilt set. By the end of Season 3, Bertha’s relentless pursuit of social power has come at a heavy personal cost, leaving her marriage to George in trouble and setting up another round of family drama. The official logline for Season 4 states:
“Bertha Russell changed Society at a cost. Now, her family must reckon with the consequences as Agnes van Rhijn seizes an opportunity to regain her position. Meanwhile, Marian forges a new path for herself, and Peggy works to be accepted by her future in-laws. In this new era, you must be careful what you wish for.”
“Bertha Russell changed Society at a cost. Now, her family must reckon with the consequences as Agnes van Rhijn seizes an opportunity to regain her position. Meanwhile, Marian forges a new path for herself, and Peggy works to be accepted by her future in-laws. In this new era, you must be careful what you wish for.”
- The first film not in the English language to win Best Picture, in the Academy’s
92-year history to that point. - It took four Oscars in one night: Picture, Director, Original Screenplay and International
Feature. - It won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2019 by a unanimous jury vote, the first Korean film
to do so. - The Park family’s modernist house was not a location. It was built from scratch on an
outdoor lot.
- Seven Oscars, including three acting wins for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee
Curtis. - Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian woman to win Best Actress.
- The visual effects were handled by a team of fewer than ten people, most of them
self-taught. - Ke Huy Quan had all but left acting for two decades before this role brought him back.
- Seven Oscars, including Nolan’s first wins for directing and for Best Picture.
- Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. both took their first Academy Awards for it.
- Kodak engineered a black-and-white 65mm stock that did not previously exist so Nolan could
shoot those sequences on IMAX. - A three-hour, R-rated drama about theoretical physics that passed 950 million dollars
worldwide.
- Four Oscars, among them Best Picture and Best Director for Iñárritu.
- Emmanuel Lubezki’s win here was the middle of three consecutive cinematography Oscars,
after Gravity and before The Revenant. - Antonio Sánchez’s improvised drum score was ruled ineligible for the score category,
which caused a minor uproar. - The long-take illusion was built from a handful of extended shots joined by hidden cuts.
- Four Oscars: Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, and Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem.
- Adapted from Cormac McCarthy’s 2005 novel, with much of his dialogue carried over
intact. - Carter Burwell’s score runs about sixteen minutes and is nearly inaudible by design.
- Roger Deakins was nominated twice that year, for this and The Assassination of Jesse James,
and won for neither.
Who Stars in ‘The Gilded Age’?
The cast is led by Carrie Coon (The White Lotus) as Bertha Russell, Christine Baranski (The Good Fight) as Agnes van Rhijn, Cynthia Nixon (And Just Like That…) as Ada Brook, Morgan Spector (The Plot Against America) as George Russell, Louisa Jacobson as Marian Brook, and Denée Benton (UnREAL) as Peggy Scott. Taissa Farmiga (The Nun), Harry Richardson (Poldark) and Audra McDonald (The Good Fight) also return.
The Gilded Age Season 4 premieres November 1 on HBO and HBO Max. The first three seasons are available to stream now.
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