When Is The Gilded Age Season 3 On TV?

Downton Abbey may be drawing to a close with one final film, but Julian Fellowes’ The Gilded Age is still going from strength to strength (Fellowes has even hinted there may one day be some Downton crossovers…). With the series returning for season 3 this week, here’s what you need to know before you tune in, plus everything we know about the future of the series.

Morgan Spector as George Russell, Carrie Coon as Bertha Russell & Harry Richardson as Larry Russell in The Gilded Age season 3. (© HBO)

The Gilded Age Season 3: Plot, Cast, Release Schedule & More

Fancy a glimpse into the opulent world of New York high society? Gossip Girl is probably our modern-day answer, but it all started in the late nineteenth century when new money really started to flourish in New York City. Julian Fellowes’ The Gilded Age delves into this period of change, portraying the social and economic transformations against a luxurious backdrop with stunning attention to historical detail.

Beginning in 1882 in season 1, and kicking off on Easter Sunday 1883 for season 2, season 3 is posed to enter 1884. This is slap bang in the middle of the real ‘Gilded Age’ period in American history, which lasted from the 1870s to the late 1890s.

Harry Richardson as Larry Russell & Louisa Jacobson as Marian Brook in The Gilded Age season 3. (© HBO)

What Is The Gilded Age About?

The Gilded Age follows Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson), a young woman who moves to New York City from Doylestown, Pennsylvania following the death of her bankrupted father. She moves in with her aunts, Agnes (Christine Baranski) and Ada (Cynthia Nixon), who embody old-money values, but have recently gained some new-money neighbours, the Russell family: husband and wife George (Morgan Spector) and Bertha (Carrie Coon), and their two young adult children Larry (Harry Richardson) and Gladys (Taissa Farmiga).

As Marian settles into her new life in New York City, tensions arise between the Russells and Marian’s aunts. Flouting societal expectations, Marian befriends an eclectic group of women and chooses an unconventional suitor, young lawyer Tom (Thomas Cocquerel). What proceeds is a deep dive into the period’s societal conventions told through these young women, alongside tracking the immense economic and societal changes the era is known for.

Cynthia Nixon as Ada Brook & Christine Baranski as Agnes Van Rhijn in The Gilded Age season 3. (© HBO)

What Will Happen In Season 3?

After the second season’s final moments, we’re anticipating plenty more Russell family drama in The Gilded Age season 3. Following the Opera War, the old guard is weakened, and the Russells are poised to take their place at the head of society. But with matriarch Bertha (Coon) essentially promising her daughter Gladys’ (Farmiga) hand in marriage to the Duke of Buckingham (Ben Lamb), there’s bound to be some fallout. Patriarch George (Spector), meanwhile, risks everything on a gambit that could revolutionise the railroad industry – if it doesn’t ruin him first

Across the road, the Brook household is in chaos: Ada (Nixon) is the new lady of the house, and is now in control of the Van Rhijn family finances; Agnes (Baranski), naturally, cannot abide that fact. Peggy (Denée Benton), meanwhile, falls for a handsome doctor from Newport – but his family is certainly less than enthused by her career.

Get a taste of the action in the trailer below.

The Gilded Age Season 3 Trailer

The Cast

The cast of The Gilded Age is pretty large (and that’s an understatement). Here are the key characters to know…

• Carrie Coon as Bertha Russell
• Morgan Spector as George Russell
• Louisa Jacobson as Marian Brook
• Cynthia Nixon as Ada Forte
• Christine Baranski as Agnes van Rhijn
• Denée Benton as Peggy Scott
• Taissa Farmiga as Gladys Russell
• Harry Richardson as Larry Russell
• Blake Ritson as Oscar van Rhijn
• Thomas Cocquerel as Tom Raikes
• Simon Jones as Mr. Alfred Bannister
• Jack Gilpin as Mr. Church
• Ben Ahlers as John ‘Jack’ Trotter
• Michael Cerveris as Mr. Watson
• Celia Keenan-Bolger as Mrs. Bruce
• Debra Monk as Mrs. Armstrong
• Donna Murphy as Caroline Schermerhorn Astor
• Kristine Nielsen as Mrs. Bauer
• Kelli O’Hara as Aurora Fane
• Patrick Page as Richard Clay
• Taylor Richardson as Bridget
• Douglas Sills as Monsieur Baudin
• John Douglas Thompson as Arthur Scott
• Erin Wilhelmi as Adelheid Weber
• Kelley Curran as Mrs. Enid Winterton
• Sullivan Jones as T. Thomas Fortune
• Robert Sean Leonard as Luke Forte
• Jeremy Shamos as Mr. Gilbert
• Laura Benanti as Susan Blane
• Nicole Brydon Bloom as Maud Beaton
• David Furr as Dashiell Montgomery
• Matilda Lawler as Frances Montgomery
• Ben Lamb as the Duke of Buckingham

Plus, joining the cast for The Gilded Age season 3 are Phylicia Rashad, Jordan Donica, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Victoria Clark.

Carrie Coon as Bertha Russell in The Gilded Age season 3. (© HBO)

The Gilded Age Season 3 Release Date

The Gilded Age season 3 will air weekly on Mondays on Sky Atlantic: at 2am, when it airs on HBO across the Atlantic; and again at 9pm for anyone who missed the first broadcast. After the 2am broadcast, episodes will be available to stream on NOW. Episodes will air weekly until the season finale on 11 August 2025.

The UK release schedule is as follows:

• Episode 1: Monday 23 June 2025
• Episode 2: Monday 30 June 2025
• Episode 3: Monday 7 July 2025
• Episode 4: Monday 14 July 2025
• Episode 5: Monday 21 July 2025
• Episode 6: Monday 28 July 2025
• Episode 7: Monday 4 August 2025
• Episode 8: Monday 11 August 2025

Ben Lamb as Duke of Buckingham & Taissa Farmiga as Gladys Russell in The Gilded Age season 3. (© HBO)

Will There Be The Gilded Age Season 4?

No news just yet on whether there will be a fourth season of The Gilded Age. In August 2024, Carrie Coon – who recently rose to increased prominence thanks to her role in The White Lotus season 3 – teased she was ‘optimistic’ about the possibility of season 4, provided viewing figures stay high.

‘If for some reason the numbers skyrocket this season, perhaps we’d get a multi-year deal,’ Coon added. ‘But that’s really above my pay grade.’

When asked about expanding the world, Coon joked: ‘I think we could do a whole Broadway musical, actually. Downton Abbey has the Christmas movie. I think we should have the Christmas musical on Broadway.’