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The Gilded Age Secures Season 4 Renewal After Record Ratings and Gunshot Cliffhanger

Record-breaking viewership paves the way for Season 4 renewal with George Russell’s survival left unknown.

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Overview

  • The Season 3 penultimate episode ends with George Russell shot at point-blank range, leaving his fate uncertain.
  • Actor Morgan Spector has yet to sign a Season 4 contract and warns that 19th-century gunshot wounds were often fatal.
  • The installment pulled in 4.6 million U.S. viewers within three days, marking the show’s fourth straight weekly audience high.
  • HBO confirmed an early renewal for Season 4, noting the series is adding viewers nearly 50% faster than previous seasons.
  • Julian Fellowes’s co-production with Universal Television blends 1880s robber baron narratives with modern themes of wealth and inequality.