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HBO Hit “The Gilded Age” Returning with Just 8 Episodes “And They Are Short” (Exclusive)

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In the old days, HBO’s “The Gilded Age” would have roared into a third season with at least 12 episodes. And they’d be an hour long.

But I’m told when “The Gilded Age” returns — maybe this spring or later — there will be only 8 installments.

Disappointed fans will be further frustrated when they hear that the episodes are “Short,” says insider. Length of episodes in the first two seasons ranged from 46 to 80 minutes. It sounds like Season 3 will fall more on the 46 end.

Oh how we long for those old days! HBO and Warner Discovery could have developed a 5 or 6 season series with “Gilded Age.” But that would take money, and the new owner — David Zaslav — obviously doesn’t want to make that investment. “Gilded Age,” from Julian Fellowes, was set to become the American “Downton Abbey.”

Most of the original cast will return with the exception of Tony winner Michael Cerveris, who’s currently killing it on Broadway in Elton John’s “Tammy Faye” as the slimy Jerry Falwell. A slew of new people are coming including Phylicia Rashad, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Bill Camp, and many Broadway stars.

Maybe if “Gilded Age” returns with bigger numbers this time, HBO will give it a longer fourth season. It’s too bad this season is so curtailed, however. Season 3 is usually when a show really takes off.

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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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