HBO marketing chief Mark Doumet tells TheWrap about embracing social media to turn "The Gilded Age" into must-see TV

Series creator Julian Fellowes said he appreciates the beauty of Newport, especially the grandest artifacts of the Gilded Age, the city's mansions, but also draws deeper inspiration from the well-preserved former playground of the über wealthy.

Explore J.P. Morgan's historic library, a book-lover's dream and architectural marvel, now a museum in New York City.

Explore the real-life Gilded Age mansions once owned by the Vanderbilts and others among America's wealthiest families and now seen in HBO's hit series.

And, like the Met’s exhibition examining dandyism and Black men’s fashion as a form of cultural power, the Polo Ralph Lauren for Oak Bluffs line and “The Gilded Age” have started conversations about elitism and exclusion within the Black community.

Learn about the real people in "The Gilded Age," including J.P. Morgan and Consuelo Vanderbilt, as the series intertwines history and fiction.

The Gilded Age has secured the number one position on HBO's Top 10 TV Shows in the United States, according to FlixPatrol data from August 5, 2025.

Cinematographer Manuel Billeter tells IndieWire about expanding the scale and scope of the HBO series.