"The Gilded Age" season 4 premieres Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, on HBO and HBO Max, with eight episodes airing weekly Sundays at 9 p.m. ET through the holidays. Created and written by Julian Fellowes ("Downton Abbey"), the Universal Television and HBO drama jumps to 1886 New York, after Bertha Russell's season 3 triumph marrying daughter Gladys to the Duke of Buckingham.
Carrie Coon (Bertha Russell), Morgan Spector (George Russell), Christine Baranski (Agnes van Rhijn), Cynthia Nixon (Ada Forte), Louisa Jacobson (Marian Brook), and Denée Benton (Peggy Scott) return, alongside Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jordan Donica, Blake Ritson, Kelley Curran, Taissa Farmiga, Harry Richardson, and Nathan Lane. New faces include Neal Huff as John D. Rockefeller, Jim Gaffigan as President Grover Cleveland, Elizabeth Marvel, Dennis Haysbert, Andrew Burnap, and Dallas Roberts.
Sonja Warfield co-writes with Fellowes. Michael Engler and Salli Richardson-Whitfield direct, and historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar returns as a historical consultant. Executive producers include Gareth Neame and Bob Greenblatt. Ahead of the premiere, season 4 holds a Metacritic score of 83 based on early reviews.
When does "The Gilded Age" season 4 come out? Season 4 premieres Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, at 9 p.m. ET on HBO, with new episodes streaming weekly on HBO Max.
What year is "The Gilded Age" season 4 set in? Season 4 is set in 1886 New York, during Grover Cleveland's first term as president.
Who plays John D. Rockefeller and Grover Cleveland in "The Gilded Age"? Neal Huff plays oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, and comedian Jim Gaffigan plays President Grover Cleveland.
