Julian Fellowes Teases Possible ‘Downton Abbey’ & ‘The Gilded Age’ Crossover

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticChristine Baranski’s career is so vast and varied — from starring roles in “The Good Wife” and its spinoff “The Good Fight,” to spending decades in New York City theater, to stealing scenes as the “Mamma Mia” franchise’s resident siren — that it’s genuinely shocking when she points out that she’s never been in an onscreen period piece “with wigs, corsets, language, the whole thing.”HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” a glamorous new post-Civil War era drama from “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes, embodies that “whole thing” and then some. So when Fellowes reached out to offer Baranski a part that occupies what many “Downton” fans will recognize as the Dowager Countess role (i.e.

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HBO’s The Gilded Age continues to grow from its impressive start, delivering a 15% increase in total viewers from its series premiere.

Wilson Chapman editorHBO’s latest series, “The Gilded Age” is nothing short of a visual feast, filled with sprawling marble mansions and luscious recreations of 1880s New York City. But possibly the most eye-catching element of Julian Fellowes’ new period drama is the gorgeous gowns that outfit the largely female cast of high society strivers and schemers.

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Monday, Jan. 24 marked the premiere date of “The Gilded Age”, the new period drama starring Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon as well-heeled sisters who take in their niece (played by Louisa Jacobson) when her father — their brother — dies and leaves her penniless.

If you love a period drama with a touch of class, you won’t want to miss The Gilded Age, the latest offering from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes. But forget English stately piles inhabited by toffs like the Granthams – Julian has crossed the pond to America to tell this tale, set at the end of the 19th Century. It was a time when industry and the economy were on the up, creating a wealthy elite to join the old money families of the establishment.The story begins in 1882, when young Marian Brook, the orphaned daughter of a general, moves into the New York home of her “old money aunts”, Ada and Agnes.

The Gilded Age,” premiering Monday at 9 p.m. EST, chronicles the lifestyles of the rich and famous in Manhattan during the late 1800s — with ostentatious displays of wealth, ridiculous parties and heaps of tabloid-worthy gossip and scandal.Created by Julian Fellowes, the man behind “Downton Abbey,” the series also highlights the deep-rooted rivalries and prejudices among NYC high society (and the social climbers desperate to get a leg up).Here, The Post looks at some of the wildest stories of the real Gilded Age.To this day, the creations of Gilded Age architect Stanford White define New York City: the Washington Square Arch, Judson Memorial Church and the Players Club, among many other wonders.But it was his 1906 murder, and the shocking reason behind it, that really rocked the city.White, 52, had attended the premiere of the musical “Mam’Zelle Champagne” at the original Madison Square Garden, which he also designed.

The Gilded Age is in many ways the spiritual successor to Downton Abbey – but do the shows exist in the same universe?

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Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAn aura of economic growth and wealth permeates the new drama “The Gilded Age,” premiering Jan. 24 on HBO. Christine Baranski is Agnes van Rhijn, a socialite living in early-1880s New York City with her sister, Ada Brook, played by Cynthia Nixon.

Bob Greenblatt Guest ColumnistAs HBO raises the curtain Jan. 24 on the long-awaited Julian Fellowes drama “The Gilded Age,” executive producer and industry veteran Bob Greenblatt offers an inside look at the 12-plus years it took to bring the story of the wealthy and powerful families of America’s gilded age to the screen.

The Gilded Age seems destined to be a hit. After all, American viewers are huge fans of British period dramas—or so it appears. The Tudors, Downton Abbey, , and are just a few of the series to find runaway success focusing on a time that transports us to yesteryear.

creator Julian Fellowes’ newest star-studded historical drama,, is breakout star and daughter of a Hollywood icon, Louisa Jacobson. The 30-year-old actress, whose mother is none other than Meryl Streep, plays Marian Brook in the HBO drama alongside Carrie Coon, Cynthia Nixon and Christine Baranski. After her father dies in 1882, Brook is forced to move from rural Pennsylvania to New York City to live with her wealthy aunts, Agnes van Rhijn (Baranski) and Ada Brook (Nixon), who are part of an aging class of high society reckoning with the influx of ambitious and self-made newcomers, including railroad tycoon George Russell (Morgan Spector) and his ambitious wife, Berth (Coon). Joining Brook is Peggy Scott (Denée Benton), an aspiring writer who finds herself employed by the aunts, as the two get caught up in a social, class and economic war between old money and new money and question whether they should follow long-standing traditions or forage their own paths. And along the way, Brook and Scott develop their own friendship, even though they must navigate racial and age barriers of the time.

Carrie Coon kick-starts a war between old money and new money in creator Julian Fellowes’ latest, must-see costume drama,, when she moves in across the street from aging, wealthy aunts, Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) and Ada Brook (Cynthia Nixon). While her character is a controlling mother of two older children played by Taissa Farmiga and Harry Richardson, Coon had to hide her real-life pregnancy from the screen. “I got pregnant really early,” she tells ET’s Rachel Smith about her second child with husband Tracy Letts, a daughter she gave birth to during the summer of 2021.

New Girl podcast. Definition Please: Per an , this movie “follows Monica (Sujata Day), a former Scribbs Spelling Bee champion who must reconcile with her estranged brother when he returns home to help care for their sick mother.” Streaming on  Welcome to Our Show: In this iHeartRadio original podcast, Zooey Deschanel, Hannah Simone, and Lamorne Morris rewatch New Girl  and offer behind-the-scenes tidbits. Available on and all major podcast platformsThe Gilded Age: , “The Gilded Age begins in 1882 with young Marian Brook (Jacobson) moving from rural Pennsylvania to New York City after the death of her father to live with her thoroughly old money aunts Agnes van Rhijn (Baranski) and Ada Brook (Nixon).

Cynthia Nixon will be playing another New York City singleton in the upcoming HBO series , a period drama from Julian Fellowes that’s been dubbed, the American Downton Abbey.