Things still look gilded for HBO’s “The Gilded Age.” The series returned to its most-watched season premiere ever on Nov. 1, averaging 4 million viewers across platforms, according to the cabler/broadcaster.
The platform announced that “The Gilded Age” reached just under 4 million viewers on Linear and HBO Max in its first three days of release. That’s up 25% from last season’s premiere average of 3.2 million. HBO said “The Gilded Age” Season 3 averaged 8.8 million viewers per episode when calculating longer delayed multiplatform viewership.
Season 4 of “The Gilded Age” airs Sunday nights at 9pm ET on HBO and HBO Max. Here’s the synopsis for Season 4: “Bertha Russell changed Society for a price. Now, when Agnes van Rhijn seizes the opportunity to regain her position, her family must reckon with the consequences. Meanwhile, Marian charts a new path for herself and Peggy struggles to be accepted by her future father-in-law. In this new age, you have to be careful what you wish for.”
The cast of Season 4 includes Carrie Coon, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton, Taissa Farmiga, Harry Richardson, Blake Ritson, Ben Ahlers, Ashlie Atkinson, Dylan Baker, Kelley Curran, Jordan Donica, Jessica Frances Dukes, Amy Forsyth, Jack Gilpin, Simon Jones, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Ben Lamb, Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes. Mitchell, along with Debra Monk, Hattie Morahan, Donna Murphy, Kristine Nielsen, Kelli O’Hara, Taylor Richardson, Douglas Sills, Erin Wilhelmi, John Douglas Thompson, Taylor Trensch, James Scully, Dennis Haysbert, Maggie Kuntz, Neal Huff, Bonnie Milligan, Jim Gaffigan, Dallas Roberts, Andrew Burnap, Elizabeth Marvel, Adrienne Warren, Bill Camp and Phylicia Rashad.
Julian Fellowes is the creator, writer and executive producer. Other contributions include director and executive producer Salli Richardson-Whitfield; writer and executive producer Sonja Warfield; executive producers Gareth Neame, David Crockett, Bob Greenblatt, Kate Churchill, Davita Scarlett and Elaine Aronson; co-producers Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Holly Rymon. The series is backed by HBO and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.