HBO has confirmed that The Gilded Age will return for a fourth series later in 2026, giving viewers a firm release window for Julian Fellowes’s period drama. The announcement matters because the show has become a prominent successor to Fellowes’s Downton Abbey, combining high-society intrigue with a large ensemble cast.

A new HBO preview included the first footage from the series, featuring Bertha Russell discussing ambition and further scenes involving Larry Russell and Marian Brook’s developing romance. It also suggests that Peggy Scott’s relationship with Dr William Kirkland will continue; the drama began in 1882 as Marian moved from rural Pennsylvania to New York to live with her old-money aunts.