Thursday, March 28, 2024

Bustle About: HBO’s “The Gilded Age” Catching On Now. Has Risen 62% Since Premiere, Christine Baranski Heading for Emmy

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HBO’s The Gilded Age is catching on like crazy.

Monday night’s episode was 10% higher than the previous week. The show from Downton Abbey’s Julian Fellowes brought in a robust 750,000 viewers on HBO Prime.

Since the premiere, “The Gilded Age” has shot up 62% altogether. That’s amazing considering how clunky it was in the first couple of installments.

Little by little the period piece has settled down, with the soap opera plots coming together and character becoming more defined. The real winners are Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon as the batty van Rhijn sisters, Morgan Spector as Mr. Russell, and Denée Benton as Peggy Scott. Louisa Jacobson has been terrific, too, as the show’s ingenue. The other standout in the main cast is Simon Jones as Bannister.

“The Gilded Age” has been renewed for a second season. There are a couple of actors who should work on their cadences during that time. They’re good actors but their speaking style is sticking out like sore thumbs. Otherwise, HBO has a hit on its hands. Baranski and Spector are headed to Emmy Awards. The question is, how will HBO handle a Baranski vs. Zendaya race at the Emmys? A bounty of riches!

 

Roger Friedman
Roger Friedmanhttps://www.showbiz411.com
Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
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