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'Downton Abbey' Creator Will Develop NBC Period Drama, 'The Gilded Age'

NBC has signed Julian Fellowes, creator of the hit British period drama "Downton Abbey," to develop a new drama, "The Gilded Age," set in late-19th-century New York. No word yet of when the show is expected to premiere, but the announcement "comes at the tail end of the traditional development period for the fall television season," writes Bill Carter.

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