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The Gilded Age Season 3 Concludes with Patriarch’s Fate in Question

HBO’s lavish period drama secured an early fourth season after capping its best ratings run with a suspenseful finale

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Harry Richardson and Louisa Jacobson in Season 3 of "The Gilded Age."

Overview

  • The Season 3 finale aired Sunday, August 10 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and HBO Max.
  • Season 3 viewership surged nearly 50% over previous seasons, with Episode 7 drawing 4.6 million viewers in its first three days.
  • HBO greenlit a fourth season on July 28, making The Gilded Age one of the few dramas renewed before its finale aired.
  • The finale ends on a dramatic cliffhanger that leaves the Russell family patriarch’s future unresolved.
  • A central romance reaches an unexpected engagement, setting new alliances in 1880s New York society.