<i>The Gilded Age</i> Season 4: Everything We Know

HBO has struck gold with The Gilded Age. The period drama from Downton Abbey’s Julian Fellowes enjoyed its strongest season yet, with season 3 racking up 20 percent more viewers than season 2 and social engagement rising nearly 60 percent week over week, according to the network. Now, HBO is striking while the iron is hot and ordering another season from the series. (Isn’t that what railroad tycoon George Russell would do?)

First debuting in 2022, The Gilded Age follows the lives of key upper-class families in New York high society—and the working members of their households—at the turn of the 19th century. As the new money folk wriggle their way into power and the old money fight to maintain dominance, drama ensues. And viewers can thank stars like Carrie Coon, Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, Cynthia Nixon, and more for bringing it to life.

There’s no info on the season 4 premiere date, production schedule, or new cast members yet, but we’re gathering everything we know so far while we wait.

Yes, thankfully. HBO announced the news on July 28, weeks before the season 3 finale.

In a statement about the renewal, HBO exec Francesca Orsi praised Fellowes and the cast and crew for creating “a ‘can’t-miss it’ entertainment experience from week to week, and we’re delighted to continue exploring these characters’ grand ambitions for what we promise will be a thrilling fourth season.”

No official logline is available yet, but the season 3 finale might offer a few hints. (Watch out for spoilers ahead.) With the way things ended, there are a few questions we have in mind: Are Bertha and George headed for divorce? Will Larry and Marian will finally marry? Will Peggy and Dr. William Kirkland tie the knot too, or will his mother get in the way again? And of course, what will happen when Gladys welcomes her baby with the duke?

Taissa Farmiga, who plays Gladys, told ELLE of her season 4 hopes: “I don’t know if they would pick up soon after [the pregnancy reveal]. Are they gonna pick up with Gladys having children? That will be a total mindfuck to go from being someone who wants freedom for her mother to all of a sudden she’s the mother. That would be an intense change. Otherwise, I’d love Gladys to start wearing suits, but I don’t think that’s in her future.”

She also joked, “I don’t think it’s possible, but it’d be amazing. Imagine she walks into some gay club and is surrounded by a bunch of incredible lesbians. That’d be such a fun storyline to see. My God, I wish!”

As for how the Russells’ marriage problems, Coon told The Hollywood Reporter that Bertha’s “wheels are already turning about how she’s going to fix it. You know she’s not going to give up on it. She’s indefatigable, of course. So I think she’s looking out that window and she’ll have a moment of grief, and then she’s going to get to work on some kind of plan.”

Creator Julian Fellowes has said he didn’t have specific plans past season 3, but told TV Insider, “But each time you have to reinvent the show in order to give it a new dynamic to fit its new proportions.”

There is no release date yet. But for context, season 1 premiered in January 2022, season 2 premiered in October 2023, and season 3 (following the writers and actors’ strikes) premiered in June 2025.

New additions to and departures from the season 4 cast have yet to be announced.

In the meantime, here’s the official season 3 lineup: Carrie Coon, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton, Taissa Farmiga, Harry Richardson, Blake Ritson, Ben Ahlers, Ashlie Atkinson, Dylan Baker, Kate Baldwin, Victoria Clark, John Ellison Conlee, Michael Cumpsty, Kelley Curran, Jordan Donica, Jessica Frances Dukes, Claybourne Elder, Amy Forsyth, Jack Gilpin, LisaGay Hamilton, Ward Horton, Simon Jones, Sullivan Jones, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Ben Lamb, Nathan Lane, Andrea Martin, Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Debra Monk, Hattie Morahan, Donna Murphy, Kristine Nielsen, Paul Alexander Nolan, Kelli O’Hara, Patrick Page, Rachel Pickup, Taylor Richardson, Douglas Sills, Bobby Steggert, Erin Wilhelmi, John Douglas Thompson, Leslie Uggams, Merritt Wever, Bill Camp, and Phylicia Rashad.

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This post will be updated.