The Gilded Age renewed for season 3 by HBO

Last Updated on December 29, 2023

The second season of The Gilded Age recently concluded, and HBO announced today that the period drama has been renewed for a third season.

Created by Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey), The Gilded Age takes place in 1880s New York City and follows a young woman who movies in with her old-money aunts and quickly gets entangled in the social war between them and their new-money neighbours, the Russells.

“We’re so proud of what Julian Fellowes and The Gilded Age family have achieved,” said Francesca Orsi, EVP, HBO Programming, Head of HBO Drama Series and Films. “From the costumes to the production design and performances, the show has captivated so many week after week. Along with our partners at Universal Television, we are thrilled to continue this grand tale for a third season.”

Erin Underhill, President of Universal Television, added, “There is much more story to tell with The Gilded Age. We’re delighted that HBO is giving fans another season of Julian Fellowes’ incredible storytelling. The cast and crew put so much of their heart and soul into the last two seasons, and we’re so proud that all this hard work is paying off with another season… you won’t want to miss what’s next!“

The official second season logline: “The American Gilded Age was a period of immense economic change, of great conflict between the old ways and brand-new systems, and of huge fortunes made and lost. Season two of The Gilded Age begins on Easter morning 1883, with the news that Bertha Russell’s bid for a box at the Academy of Music has been rejected. Through the eight episodes of the season, we watch as Bertha challenges Mrs. Astor and the old system and works to not only gain a foothold in Society, but to potentially take a leading role in it. George Russell takes on his own battle with a growing union at his steel plant in Pittsburgh. In the Brook House, Marian continues her journey to find her way in the world secretly teaching at a girls school while much to everyone’s surprise Ada begins a new courtship. Of course, Agnes approves of none of it. In Brooklyn, the Scott family begins to heal from a shocking discovery, and Peggy taps into her activist spirit through her work with T. Thomas Fortune at the NY Globe.“

With its sprawling ensemble cast, not to mention the elaborate period costumes and sets, The Gilded Age can’t be a cheap show to produce, but I’m very pleased that HBO has renewed it for another season.