With dazzling Newport mansions, an ever-changing social hierarchy, and even a John Singer Sargent appearance, HBO’s The Gilded Age is back. It’s a series that knows its strengths—eye candy and society drama—and continues to lean in. The third season just debuted on June 22, delving further into the conflicts between old and new money, the politics of marriage, and even the era’s technological advances.
But fans already want more. Though we’re only two episodes into Season 3, loyal viewers are already speculating about a possible Season 4. While no news has officially been confirmed, here’s everything we know so far about the likelihood of the Julian Fellowes show’s renewal. We’ll update this page as we learn more.
Will there be a Season 4 of The Gilded Age?
We’re still unsure. In 2023, fans found about a renewal for Season 3 a few days after the Season 2 finale. Season 3 is set to air episodes weekly on Sundays until August 10. So, if last season’s pattern holds, viewers could find about a possible renewal in August.
Thus far, Season 3 is garnering more viewers than prior seasons, according to Warner Bros Discovery (via Variety). «In its first three days of availability, the Season 3 premiere reached 2.7 million viewers,» the publication reports. «That marks a 27% increase from the 2.1 million viewers who watched the Season 2 premiere in the same amount of time, and a 30% increase from Season 1’s 2 million viewers.»
Carrie Coon is “optimistic” about a fourth season.
Coon, who plays Bertha Russell, said the chances of a fourth season are promising. She commented on renewal during an interview with Variety last year.
“Right now we’re on a one-year deal. So I’m optimistic that we could get another year,” she said. “If for some reason the numbers skyrocket this season, perhaps we’d get a multi-year deal, but that’s really above my pay grade.”
Coon in The Gilded Age.
Creator Julian Fellowes weighed in.
Fellowes, who also created Downton Abbey, told TV Insider that he was planning a satisfying conclusion to Season 3, because he wasn’t sure about when the show might end.
“I don’t think we do have a final stopping place because we’re not told there’ll be a fourth series or a fifth or whatever,” said Fellowes. “But each time you have to reinvent the show in order to give it a new dynamic to fit its new proportions. And I think that is part of our job. That’s part of what you do if you write a series for television.”
He continued: “So in a sense, each [season] has to have a satisfactory conclusion given what’s taken place within the series, but an open end where we may be going to, and that is the sort of double discipline that we write to really.”
Annie Goldsmith is the senior editor and digital lead at ELLE Decor, where she covers design, culture, style, and trends. She previously held positions at The Information, covering technology and culture, and Town & Country, writing about news, entertainment, and fashion. Her work has also appeared in Vogue, Rolling Stone, and the SF Standard.
