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The Gilded Age returns with a grittier season 4
The Gilded Age has returned for season 4, continuing the HBO drama set in 20th-century New York.
The series follows tensions between old and new money, while also showing the lives of Black families navigating the city’s social circles.
Denée Benton plays Peggy Scott, an aspiring journalist and author who is engaged to Dr William Kirkland.
Benton compares Peggy to Sex and the City's Miranda because Peggy puts her career first and has few role models for her ambitions.
In the new season, Peggy tries to balance love and work, a struggle Benton says will feel familiar to modern audiences.
The season has been described as grittier and more focused on characters’ inner struggles, and it is available on Sky and NOW.
The Gilded Age has returned for season 4, which Denée Benton describes as a season in which Peggy Scott faces the modern struggle of balancing love and work.
Benton says Peggy, an aspiring journalist and author, is engaged to Dr William Kirkland while continuing to prioritise her career.
The HBO period drama follows conflict between old and new money in 20th-century New York and the experiences of Black families navigating those social circles.
Season 4 takes a darker, grittier approach while retaining the series’ soapy tone.
The series was created by Julian Fellowes and premiered in 2022.
- Who
- The cast includes Denée Benton, Cynthia Nixon and Carrie Coon.
- What
- The Gilded Age has returned for season 4, with a darker and grittier approach.
- When
- Season 4 debuted the week before the article was published on November 9, 2026.
- Where
- The drama is set in New York. It airs on Sky and streams on NOW.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Gilded Age premiered.
Season 4 debuted.
- Season
- 4
- Setting
- New York
- Peggy Scott actor
- Denée Benton
- Peggy’s fiancé
- Dr William Kirkland, played by Jordan Donica
- Creator
- Julian Fellowes
What people are saying
Peggy is a trailblazer in the sense that she doesn't have a lot of people to model her dreams off of, which I love.
I like to joke that Peggy is the Miranda of our show. She's like, career woman forward, the men can get in where they fit in.
I do think that this season seeing her attempt to really balance love and work becomes this really modern struggle that I think the audiences will relate to.