Succession (2018)

Genre

comedy drama

Country

United States

Length

4 seasons, 39 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

8.3 of 10 from 1,686 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The Roy family owns a giant media company. The aging patriarch's health is uncertain. His children scheme and fight each other to take control of the business.

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What happens

Succession is an American satirical black comedy-drama television series created by Jesse Armstrong that aired for four seasons on HBO from June 3, 2018, to May 28, 2023. The series centers on the Roy family, the owners of global media and entertainment conglomerate Waystar RoyCo, and their fight for control of the company amidst uncertainty about the health of the family's patriarch. Brian Cox portrays the family patriarch Logan Roy. His children are played by Alan Ruck as Connor, Jeremy Strong as Kendall, Kieran Culkin as Roman, and Sarah Snook as Shiv. Other starring cast members are Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Wambsgans, Shiv's husband and Waystar executive; Nicholas Braun as Greg Hirsch, Logan's grandnephew also employed by the company; Hiam Abbass as Marcia, Logan's third wife; and Peter Friedman as Frank Vernon, a longtime confidant of Logan; while Dagmara Domińczyk, Arian Moayed, J. Smith-Cameron, Justine Lupe, David Rasche, Fisher Stevens, and Alexander Skarsgård featured in recurring roles before being promoted to the main cast. Succession received universal critical acclaim for its writing, acting, humor, musical score, directing, production values, and examination of its subject matter. Many critics and publications have named the show one of the greatest television series of all time. The series has received several accolades, including three wins each for the Golden Globe for Best Television Series – Drama and the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in 2020, 2022 and 2023 as well as the British Academy Television Award for Best International Programme. Culkin, Cox and Strong each won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama for their performances, and Culkin and Strong won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Snook and Macfadyen both also won Emmy Awards: for Lead Actress and Supporting Actor respectively, with Macfadyen winning twice. Armstrong also won four Emmys and a BAFTA for his writing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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