Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon Set to Star in 'Gilded Age' | THR News - video Dailymotion

Amanda Peet and Morgan Spector will also star in the drama from 'Downton Abbey' creator Julian Fellowes.

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00:00Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Amanda Peet,

00:02and Morgan Spector are set to star in HBO's

00:04The Gilded Age from the creator of Downton Abbey.

00:07The HBO and Universal TV co-production,

00:09originally set at NBC way back in 2012,

00:11has a 10-episode commitment from the premium cable outlet.

00:14A premiere date hasn't been set yet.

00:16The show starring Emmy winners Baranski and Nixon

00:18begins in 1882 and is set in New York City.

00:21In the new series, The Good Fight star Baranski

00:23will play Agnes, a proud and stubborn aristocrat,

00:26who will never accept the world has changed

00:28and old values are being replaced by new ones.

00:30While former Sex and the City star Nixon

00:32will play her sister, Ada, another victim of the Old South.

00:35Meanwhile, Peet plays Bertha Russell,

00:37who comes from a middle-class background

00:38and backed her instincts when she set out to marry George,

00:41the son of a merchant family

00:43who has turned out to be a financial genius.

00:45And Spector will portray her husband, George Russell,

00:47a classic robber baron of his time.

00:49The Gilded Age is part of an HBO slate

00:51that also includes dramas Euphoria, Secession, Watchmen,

00:54and Westworld, among others.

00:56For more on this story, head to THR.com.

00:58Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News,

01:00I'm Tiffany Taylor.