Ever since the show premiered, many fans have been wondering when The Gilded Age is set. Well, the show is set in the early 1880s, with the first season taking place in 1882. This is in accordance ...

The Gilded Age takes some creative liberties with its storytelling, but many of the plots, characters and events are rooted ...

The HBO series is peppered with references to real-life personages and historical events—but it lacks the anything-goes ...

The Gilded Age transports viewers into the glittering world of 1880s New York, but the characters aren't just made up.

It’s worth noting that the Gilded Age was also notable for a strong nativist sentiment, with hatred toward immigrants with the Chinese Exclusion Act and violence directed at immigrants from ...

John Singer Sargent is a minor character in the third season of HBO's "The Gilded Age"—but he was the major high society ...

While his nostalgia is clear, it’s essential to recognize that the so-called “Golden Age” he envisions closely resembles the Gilded Age — a time when America’s wealth was concentrated in the hands of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." It has been two years since the second season of The Gilded Age premiered, and now the show returns to ...

Similar to the Gilded Age, we're seeing unions battle big corporations, increasing concerns about wealth inequality and anxiety over immigration.

After the first season, director Michael Engler told Cynthia Nixon her character was going to be married in the second season ...

Allen Pietrobon, assistant professor of global affairs at Trinity Washington University, describes the Gilded Age as filled with anti-immigrant sentiment and the government’s inability to ...