The Gilded Age Season 4: Release Date, Cast, Episodes and Where to Watch
The Gilded Age returns for season 4 on Sunday, 1 November 2026, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO, with the episode streaming on HBO Max the same night, according to listings coverage from JustJared and Brit + Co. The new season has eight episodes, released weekly, and it arrives almost fifteen months after the season 3 finale.
When does season 4 premiere?
The premiere date is Sunday, 1 November 2026. JustJared and Brit + Co both report the same weekly pattern: a new episode each Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on HBO, streaming on HBO Max. On the reported schedule, the season runs through to a finale on Sunday, 20 December 2026. The reported episode dates are 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 November, followed by 6, 13 and 20 December. Check local listings on the day, but every report checked for this article agreed on the 1 November start and the weekly Sunday pattern.
Where to watch season 4
In the United States, season 4 airs on HBO and streams on HBO Max the same night, according to JustJared and Brit + Co. A subscription is needed for HBO Max, and availability can vary by country, so readers outside the United States should check the service listed for their own region rather than assuming the same platform applies. In the United Kingdom, coverage of Sky’s listings puts the season 4 premiere on Monday, 2 November 2026, on Sky Atlantic, available through NOW. Starlight’s Baywatch reboot premiere-date guide and its explainer on how movie premieres work follow the same service format.
Who is in the season 4 cast?
The returning ensemble reported by JustJared and Brit + Co includes Carrie Coon as Bertha Russell, Morgan Spector as George Russell, Christine Baranski as Agnes van Rhijn, Cynthia Nixon as Ada Brook, Louisa Jacobson as Marian Brook, Denée Benton as Peggy Scott, Taissa Farmiga as Gladys Russell, Harry Richardson as Larry Russell, Blake Ritson as Oscar van Rhijn and Ben Ahlers as Jack Trotter. Brit + Co also lists Audra McDonald among the wider cast. Starlight’s HBO Harry Potter casting coverage follows the same ensemble questions about who returns and who joins.
Deadline casting coverage, as summarised by Leisurebyte, adds Taylor Trensch, James Scully, Dennis Haysbert, Maggie Kuntz, Neal Huff and Tony Award winner Bonnie Milligan in recurring roles, with Jim Gaffigan, Dallas Roberts, Elizabeth Marvel and Andrew Burnap as guest stars. Deadline also reported that Patrick Page, who played Richard Clay, and Sullivan Jones, who played publisher T. Thomas Fortune, are not in the new line-up, and neither name appears on HBO’s cast list in coverage of it. No reason for either absence has been confirmed, so none is guessed here.
What is season 4 about?
The Gilded Age was created by Julian Fellowes, and coverage citing Deadline reports that Fellowes co-showruns season 4 with Sonja Warfield. The drama is set in 1880s New York, where established old-money families and newly wealthy industrial families compete for social standing. For season 4, this article relies only on the season synopsis as reported by Deadline and quoted in Leisurebyte coverage, rather than on episode-by-episode plot summaries. In that synopsis, Bertha Russell has changed society at a cost, and her family must reckon with the consequences, while Agnes van Rhijn seizes an opportunity to regain her position. Marian forges a new path for herself, and Peggy works to be accepted by her future in-laws. This article has added no invented storylines, episode titles or character outcomes beyond that synopsis.
What to check before you watch
First, confirm the time in your own time zone: 9 p.m. ET/PT is the time HBO lists for both United States coasts, not a single live moment for every viewer. Second, confirm that your HBO or HBO Max access is current before premiere night, because the episode streams the same night. Third, if you watch in the United Kingdom, use the Sky Atlantic date of 2 November, not the United States date. Starlight’s report on Parker Posey’s The Mob premiere on Hulu follows the same check: date, platform, time zone and subscription. Finally, expect a weekly wait, not a full-season drop: the story unfolds one episode at a time through to 20 December.
The takeaway
Season 4 of The Gilded Age premieres on Sunday, 1 November 2026, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and HBO Max, with eight weekly episodes and a reported finale on 20 December. The returning cast is led by Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon, with new recurring and guest names reported by Deadline. In the United Kingdom, the premiere is listed for 2 November on Sky Atlantic and NOW. Check the date, the platform and the time zone for your own region, and the schedule in this article will tell you when each weekly episode is due.
Sources: JustJared, Brit + Co, Leisurebyte, Deadline casting and synopsis coverage as reported by Leisurebyte and Mezha, and Sky listings coverage as reported in listings guides.