- HBO’s hit historical drama, The Gilded Age, set in 1880s New York City and written by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, returned to screens on Sunday (1 November) with its fourth season.
- Starring Carrie Coon, Cynthia Nixon, Morgan Spector and Christine Baranski, the new season focuses on the shifting dynamics in New York’s social elite and the crumbling marriage of George and Bertha Russell.
- Critics have largely praised the show’s latest season with Kaiya Shunyata from RogerEbert.com praising the often fluffy series for becoming “a grittier, more authentic version of itself.”
- Meanwhile, Michael Hogan in The Telegraph said that while some flaws remain, such as the not-so-subtle dialogue, the show continues to exude confidence
- In a scathing one-star review, The Guardian’s Lucy Mangan lambasted the show for being riddled with clichés and “uniformly terrible”.
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