Seasons of succession

If you’re not caught up on the Succession finale yet, then don’t worry. It’s very quietly become the best show on TV – so you’re not the only tellyhead to have missed out. Set in big city America, the HBO drama follows billionaire Logan Roy as he pits his children against one another with a view to naming the successor to his business empire.We’ve been glued to the gripping family saga for two whole series now, from season one’s slow-burning ancestral battles to the latest legal catastrophe in last week’s season two finale. The only thing more exciting than the most recent storyline is what could happen in season three. Here’s everything we know about the upcoming episodes so far.When will Succession season 3 be released?Succession season three is set to premiere in October 2021, the show’s official Twitter account confirming the news with a new picture of Brian Cox’s Logan Roy.HBO confirmed that the new season would be launching on October 17 in the US at 9pm ET/PT.Sky Atlantic will be showing episodes in the UK on the following day, with a premiere date set for October 18.October. pic.twitter.com/1kNnfr13Wa— Succession (@succession) August 23, 2021RecommendedCommissioning network HBO gave season three the green light in August 2019, before season two had even finished airing. It was initially set to return sometime in 2020, but the show was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.Partners in crime: could Gerri (J. Smith-Cameron) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) team up in the future? Credit: HBOWhat’s going to happen in Succession season 3?The season two finale was perhaps the most thrilling hour of television in 2019, including the long-awaited final episode of Game Of Thrones. Backed by loyal Cousin Greg, heir apparent Kendall Roy ripped up his prepared statement and unmasked a decades-long cover-up live on national television. His father’s legacy was left in tatters.So what now? Should he prepare to feel Logan’s wrath – or is this the proof Chairman Roy needs to finally name his successor? You’ll have to wait and see.Other plot lines to be tied up include Roman’s potential partnership with Gerri, Shiv and Tom’s failing marriage and Connor’s presumed-dead-on-arrival presidential campaign. In summary, there’s a great deal for the scriptwriters of Succession season three to think about…How many seasons of Succession will there be?At the moment, we can only say with certainty that there will be three full-length seasons of Succession. However, bar a total drop off in viewer ratings, it’s safe to assume we’ll be here for at least a few more outings with the Roys.Series writer and executive producer Georgia Pritchett has suggested that Succession will come to an end after season four or five, telling The Times: “I think the maximum would be five seasons, but possibly more like four.”Pritchett added that showrunner Jesse Armstrong is “saying only one more”, though explained a fifth season could come about as a creator reversing the decision to do more “happens every time”. She also suggested that they have “a good end

There are a lot of terrible characters on HBO’s stellar series ‘Succession.’ In honor of its series finale, here’s our ranking of all of ‘em Succession will go down as one of the best shows in recent TV memory in part because of how well it articulated some of the worst behavior ever seen on screen. From dick pics to endorsing fascism, the Roys, their friends, their allies, and their enemies have committed some really heinous deeds over the course of close to four seasons of drama and comedy. But which character has been the most worst? Before the series finale arrives on Sunday, here is our attempt to rank the 25 most significant Succession characters (technically, 26) from least despicable to most, by a variety of highly specific and/or subjective factors. 25. Rava RoyDAVID M. RUSSELL/HBOWe’re sticking to the adult characters, otherwise Kendall and Rava’s kids would be all the way down here. Like anyone who marries into the Roy family, you have to consider how much Rava knew going in, her motivations for that, her complicity in sticking around for a while, etc. She gets more of a pass than the others, though, because she married Kendall when he was relatively young and idealistic, back in the days when she could understandably convince herself that, like Michael Corleone claimed to want at various points in The Godfather saga, Kendall would be the one to take the family legitimate. Once it became clear that he was not willing or

Movie Reviews By Reviewer Type All Critics Top Critics All Audience Rather than a major player constantly igniting firestorms only to be sabotaged by the writers, the shifting conflicts arrive on a much smaller scale in service of the main thrust. It lets us as viewers enjoy the ride without the whiplash. Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 21, 2023 That’s how Succession gets us, finding those warm and humane touches in rotten behaviour. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 10, 2023 The scary thing is that there are no villains in Succession. Everything is as real and cruel as normal life. Few TV shows have this smooth flow between drama and comedy and it's a lot about the actors. Full review in Spanish Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Apr 8, 2022 HBO's darkly comic, Murdochian King Lear became a breakout hit in its first two seasons, simultaneously satirizing, challenging and capitalizing on a polarized nation's obsession with our billionaire elite. Full Review | Dec 29, 2021 Its family power struggle has echoes of "The Lion in Winter" and "The Godfather," only instead of Peter O'Toole or Marlon Brando, we have Brian Cox as patriarch Logan Roy scheming to hand over his empire. Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 22, 2020 Succession deftly critiques white feminism as anything but radical. Full Review | Original Score: B- | Sep 20, 2020 Succession slyly toys with Americans' impulse to see the good in the worst people, particularly when those people are white. Full Review | Jul 21, 2020 The show's writers have obviously done their research... Full Review | Mar 11, 2020 It's a decent watch, but it uses a familiar formula seen on shows such as Veep or a watered-down The Office. Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 16, 2020 Season two does not just succeed at expanding the strong foundation that the first season has built meticulously, it also keeps escalating the stakes and tensions as well as the hilarity. Succession has solidified itself as the best TV drama of the year. Full Review | Dec 27, 2019 Jesse Armstrong's sharp capitalist satire is like a drug Full Review | Dec 17, 2019 It's in the way these characters are written, not with snappy dialogue or winking self-awareness, but with all the inelegance and uncertainty of real people. Full Review

(Image credit: NBC)There are those shows that ended long before we wanted them to, from '90s one-season wonders like Freaks & Geeks and My So-Called Life to perfectly timed dramas like Succession and Breaking Bad. These are not those shows. Instead, these television titles overstayed their welcome, long after their biggest stars departed, or the critical acclaim and awards dried up, or the storylines made any sense. Here are 32 TV shows that simply went on way too long. (Image credit: Showtime)CalifornicationAt the beginning of Showtime's Californication, which ran on the network from 2007 to 2014, the story of troubled novelist Hank Moody (David Duchovny) and his hedonistic ways felt fresh and edgy. But seven seasons of incessant drinking and womanizing majorly dulled any of that edge. (Image credit: AMC)The Walking DeadHow long can people survive a zombie apocalypse? Apparently, for a while—the AMC flagship series The Walking Dead went on for an unfathomable eleven seasons and the survival story of Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) still isn't over, having been picked up in the spin-off miniseries The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. (Image credit: Showtime)DexterOne word: lumberjack. For eight seasons, the Showtime series followed Miami man Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) as he worked as a forensic pathologist by day and a vigilante serial killer by night. Spending nearly a decade watching Dexter get away with murder after murder felt both implausible and repetitive. And don't even get us started on that disappointing, woodsy series finale. (Image credit: ABC)Grey's AnatomyIt's felt like Grey's Anatomy has been resuscitated more times than any of the patients at Seattle Grace. It's been the longest-running medical drama on primetime, but it became barely the Grey's that O.G. fans remember. In later seasons, lead actress Ellen Pompeo, who plays Meredith

Teachers, who will be nodding their heads the whole way through. Watch on max Industry (2020)IndustryMetacritic: 72%IMDb: 7/10Rated: TV-MASeasons: 3Genre: DramaCast: Myha'la, Marisa Abela, Harry LawteyCreated by: Mickey Down, Konrad KayThe corporate world can be cut-throat, especially when there are so many young and talented people all vying for a limited number of jobs. In this British drama, the jobs in question are at a prestigious investment bank in London. The story in Industry begins with a recent group of graduates, who all vie for the hottest gigs in town in finance. It’s a race to the finish line for a seat at the corporate table, and these young adults aren’t about to let that opportunity slide.Now three seasons in, Industry has filled the gaping hole left by shows like Succession for a corporate-themed drama about greedy people willing to do whatever it takes to get ahead and make money. Industry’s salacious, devious characters include some returning from season 2 along with a few new faces. Among these is Kit Harington in season 3, who plays Henry Muck, CEO of a green tech energy company. If you love shows like Succession and Billions, Industry will be right up your alley. Watch on max Kite Man: Hell Yeah! (2024)Kite Man: Hell Yeah!Rated: TV-MASeasons: 1Genre: Animation, ComedyCast: Matt Oberg, Stephanie Hsu, James AdomianCreated by: Dean Lorey, Justin Halpern, Patrick SchumackerThis adult animated black comedy superhero series is centered around the DC Comics character Kite Man (voiced by Matt Oberg) and follows his adventures alongside girlfriend Golden Glider (Stephanie Hsu). Set as a spinoff of Harley Quinn in which the title character appeared with ex-fiancé Poison Ivy, Kite Man and Golden Glider steal the money needed to buy the seedy Noonan’s dive bar, which they vow to make a destination spot for all

That a certain digital TV channel can show this quintessential '90s sitcom on a virtual loop and it doesn't get old? Or that Netflix can have a juggernaut hit with it, decades after its original airing? It's because Friends, at its best, is as perfect a sitcom as you will find. In its earliest days, the adventures of six beautiful New York-dwelling pals who apparently earned money by drinking coffee featured writing much sharper than the cuddly exterior suggested. Even when the quality dipped a little mid-run, the ensemble remained perfectly matched and the best comedy collective on TV. And by the time the show reached its conclusion, watching Ross, Rachel, Chandler, Monica, Joey, and Phoebe say their final farewells truly felt like the end of an era. Could it be any more emotional? We don’t think so. And 20 years later, Friends is still The One We're Always Rewatching.5) Succession (2018-2023)Streaming on: Sky/Now TVShowrunner: Jesse ArmstrongStarring: Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook, Matthew Macfadyen, Jeremy Strong, Alan RuckWhen last we compiled our list of the 100 best TV shows, Succession, at that point only two seasons into its run, didn’t figure in our list at all, despite the Roy family saga already being essential viewing. That the show now ranks among the very greatest series ever made is a testament to the way creator Jesse Armstrong, his writers, his cast, and his crew continuously upped their game season after season, never pulling their punches as they skewered the cannibalistic world of the mega-rich with spiky dialogue, barbed banter, and a frankly Shakespearean level of crossing, double-crossing, backstabbing, and familial feuding. Brian Cox puts in a career-defining performance as shaper of views, creator of news, and father of many Logan Roy, a King Lear for the modern age of megacorporations and media empires. And around Cox one of the greatest ensemble casts in television history — Sarah Snook! Kieran Culkin! Matthew Macfadyen! Jeremy Strong! Alan Ruck! — assemble, each playing a differently tortured and equally diabolical pawn in Logan’s ultimately unwinnable game. Sure, most of Succession consists of thoroughly loathsome, decidedly not serious people in sterilely shot boardrooms having serious conversations that we only really ever half-understand. But what can we say? Its high stakes storytelling, ill-advised birthday raps, endlessly quotable dialogue, spontaneous moments of guttural emotion, and delicate blend of deeply contextually aware and yet deliciously escapist television drama is just perfect. Now can we get an L to the mother-effin’ OG?Read Empire's review of Succession’s final season.4) The Wire (2002-2008) ©HBOStreaming on: Sky/Now TVShowrunner: David SimonStarring: Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wendell Pierce, Idris Elba, Michael Kenneth WilliamsDavid Simon famously once said that he intended The Wire