Julian Fellowes's awe-inspiring, audacious follow-up to Downton Abbey that somehow turned into a good show along the way.
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As everyone has probably heard by now, the slow pivot by Warner Bros. Discovery back to where everything was before CEO David Zaslav started going full DOGE on it culminated in May 2025 with the announcement that the streaming service that was once called HBO Max before dropping "the
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Everyone's favorite exceedingly well-dressed guilty pleasure, The Gilded Age, returns to our screens this June, bringing more social scandal and fashionably gorgeous headwear. The period drama, which is set in late nineteenth-century New York, chronicles the clash between old-money Manhattan elites and the up-and-
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It’s no secret that The Gilded Age on HBO has not come close to replicating the success of Downton Abbey (the series that inspired it) once was on PBS. It’s not the fault of series creator Julian Fellowes (the creative force behind both shows); the landscape of TV
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If HBO is airing and streaming the finale of a high-profile show, that almost certainly means the network plans to drop a "coming soon" trailer just before the "Last time on" sequence rolls. As it was foretold, so it shall be, as said trailer full
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It’s no secret that The Gilded Age’s cast is....well, let’s just call it large. Sprawling. Expansive, even. Boasting a roster that included two dozen series regulars in its second season and even more recurring roles, the HBO period drama had the most extensive ensemble cast on
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During the 2010s, the Game of Thrones season finales were infamous among TV reporters as HBO's big moment to drop the first looks at the other major series heading to the network in the months to come. House of the Dragon may never reach the heights of the
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The Gilded Age is staffing up again, but this time, it's being more selective about who it's bringing on board. Fans of the series are pretty aware of the show's sprawling (and we do mean sprawling) cast. Downton Abbey had a large ensemble for
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Mere days after its second season finale aired, HBO has announced that period drama The Gilded Age will officially return for a third season. Set in the upper echelons of late nineteenth-century New York society, The Gilded Age chronicles the clash between the old money elites of Manhattan, represented
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This week, in honor of The Gilded Age’s season finale, "In Terms of Winning and Losing," we salute costume designer Kasia Wailicka Maimone’s wise and strategic choice to keep her powder dry, saving the best, wildest, most exuberant gowns for last. Ten (ten!!) characters’ costumes are
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Another week, another opportunity to marvel at Kasia Walicka Maimone’s costume design work on The Gilded Age. We are back to talk exclusively about Carrie Coon’s costumes in her role as the beautiful and socially ambitious nouveau riche matron Bertha Russell. Not that the many other costumes aren’
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Every week, I preface this column by saying that I’m only writing about the extraordinary costumes that Kasia Wailicka Maimone designs for Carrie Coon as Bertha Russell, but since The Opera Wars aren’t front-and-center in “Warning Shots,” Bertha only appears in a handful of scenes, and
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Another week, another opportunity to marvel at Kasia Walicka Maimone’s costume design work on The Gilded Age. This column covers exclusively Carrie Coon’s costumes in her role as the beautiful and socially ambitious nouveau riche matron Bertha Russell. Not that the other costumes aren’t fascinating and worthy