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Succession

"Make your move."

8.3
4 seasons
39 episodes
Ended
Drama
Comedy

Plot Summary

Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.

First Aired:June 3, 2018
Last Aired:May 28, 2023
Episode Runtime:Unknown
Networks:
HBO
Created By:
Jesse Armstrong

Cast & Characters

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Seasons (4)

Season 1
7.7

Season 1

10 episodes

Aired: 2018

When aging, uber-wealthy patriarch Logan Roy—CEO of one of the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerates—decides to retire, each of his four grown children follows a personal agenda that doesn't always sync with those of their siblings—or of their father.

Season 2
8.2

Season 2

10 episodes

Aired: 2019

Beginning where season one dramatically left off, season two follows the Roy family as they struggle to retain control of their empire, and while the future looks increasingly uncertain, it is the past that threatens to ultimately destroy them.

Season 3
8.2

Season 3

9 episodes

Aired: 2021

Ambushed by his rebellious son Kendall at the end of Season 2, Logan Roy begins Season 3 in a perilous position. Scrambling to secure familial, political, and financial alliances, tensions rise as a bitter corporate battle threatens to turn into a family civil war.

Season 4
8.4

Season 4

10 episodes

Aired: 2023

In season four, the sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson moves ever closer. The prospect of this seismic sale provokes existential angst and familial division among the Roys as they anticipate what their lives will look like once the deal is completed. A power struggle ensues as the family weighs up a future where their cultural and political weight is severely curtailed.

Production

Gary Sanchez Productions

Hyperobject Industries

Project Zeus

HBO

Hot Seat Productions