Julian Fellowes, the creator of the Emmy-winning British drama Downtown Abbey and book writer of Broadway's Mary Poppins, has signed a deal to write and produce a New York-set period series for NBC, according to Deadline.com. Titled The Gilded Age, the series will chronicle the lives of New York aristocracy in the 1880s. No casting for the pilot has been announced at this time. “This was a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:57PM on November 27, 2012