Do 'Downton Abbey' & 'The Gilded Age' Exist in the Same Universe? Show's Executive Producer Responds!
As we wait for the third Downton Abbey movie and the third season of The Gilded Age, you might be wondering if both titles exist in the same universe.
In a new interview, an executive producer from The Gilded Age, who also worked on Downton Abbey, addressed whether or not there’s a connection between the two shows.
The HBO series takes place in the late 1800s at the start of the American Gilded Age, three decades before the events of Downton Abbey. The two TV shows also come from the same creator, Julian Fellowes, and feature tons of upstairs/downstairs drama.
Keep reading to find out more…
“[A crossover is] not in the thinking at all,” Gareth Neame told TV Line. “It’s a separate universe, but they’re both fictions set in the 1880s. Downton Abbey, in its own fiction, was definitely there. A younger version of the Maggie Smith character would be living there,...
In a new interview, an executive producer from The Gilded Age, who also worked on Downton Abbey, addressed whether or not there’s a connection between the two shows.
The HBO series takes place in the late 1800s at the start of the American Gilded Age, three decades before the events of Downton Abbey. The two TV shows also come from the same creator, Julian Fellowes, and feature tons of upstairs/downstairs drama.
Keep reading to find out more…
“[A crossover is] not in the thinking at all,” Gareth Neame told TV Line. “It’s a separate universe, but they’re both fictions set in the 1880s. Downton Abbey, in its own fiction, was definitely there. A younger version of the Maggie Smith character would be living there,...
- 1/7/2025
- by Just Jared
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