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    HBO to air “Gilded Age” series from “Downton Abbey” creator

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    This March 26, 2019 photo shows Julian Fellowes posing for a portrait in New York. A long-planned series from "Downton Abbey" creator Julian Fellowes has a new home. HBO said Thursday it will air the drama, "The Gilded Age," which originally was to be on NBC. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP)
    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    A long-planned series from "Downton Abbey" creator Julian Fellowes has a new home.

    HBO said Thursday it will air the drama, "The Gilded Age," which originally was to be on NBC.

    The series is set in late 19th-century America, in which families of immense wealth lived lavishly and exercised social and political influence.

    Casting for the yet-to-be-produced, 10-episode project and a debut date weren't announced.

    In a statement, Fellowes said "The Gilded Age" will be about ambition and envy but, he added, "most of all, about love."

    The central character is an orphaned young woman who gets swept up in the lives of the rich.

    "The Gilded Age" is a co-production by HBO and Universal Television, which along with NBC is part of media giant NBCUniversal.

    HBO was the best fit for the series, Paul Telegdy and George Cheeks, co-chairmen of NBC Entertainment, said in a statement.

    "We love the ambition and scope of 'The Gilded Age,' and after a highly competitive bidding process, ultimately came to the conclusion that HBO is the perfect network for this epic story," the executives said.

    Fellowes, who wrote the upcoming "Downton Abbey" movie, is writing "The Gilded Age" and producing it with Gareth Neame and Michael Engler.

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    Trump taps “Apprentice” producer, Mark Burnett, as special envoy to the U.K.

    Saturday, December 21, 2024
    Television producer Mark Burnett, left, looks on as President Donald Trump arrives for the National Prayer Breakfast, Feb. 2, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

    Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with "The Apprentice," is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration.

    "With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a unique blend of diplomatic acumen and international recognition to this important role," Trump announced Saturday.

    Burnett, who was born in London, helped produce hits like "Survivor" and "The Voice," but is perhaps best known for teaming up with Trump for "The Apprentice," which first aired on NBC in 2004.

    Trump had been well-known in real estate and pop culture circles for decades. But the show helped again make him a household name — though Trump severed ties with NBC in 2015, the same year he launched his first White House run.

    The selection of Burnett continues Trump's trend of filling out his incoming administration with people who have high-profile backgrounds in television or politics, or both — including his choice to be defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, a former co-host of "Fox & Friends Weekend," and ex-television doctor and unsuccessful Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz.

    Trump's first campaign in 2016 was rocked by allegations about his conduct on "The Apprentice" and other appearances during his association with NBC, notably in footage in which he said he could sexually assault women and get away with it because he was a "star."

    Almost a decade after he left his reality TV role, Trump's television career remains central to his biography and political rise. The show presented Trump Tower to tens of millions of people as a symbol of power and success before Trump launched his first... Read More

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