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Warning: The following interview contains spoilers about the season 3 finale of HBO's Succession, "All the Bells Say" These crazy, fighting Roys! When does it all stop? Just when Kendall, Shiv and Roman kissed and made up, and joined arms against papa boss Logan, the blunt acerbic patriarch and megalomaniac has the…

A day after the European premiere of season three of his HBO series Succession at the London Film Festival, the show's creator, Jesse Armstrong, took to the stage with comedian Nish Kumar to discuss the art of screenwriting. In between dispensing pearls of wisdom for aspiring comedy writers ("Don't write any jokes,"…

Succession isn't back on HBO for its third season until next month, but the HBO media mogul drama is already driving more than Roy family politics. To be specific, one of the stars of the verbally dextrous series was putting pedal to the metal (well within the speed limit) for a man who might be even more powerful…

After winning seven Emmy Awards on Sunday for Season 2, including Best Drama Series and Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Jeremy Strong, the third season of HBO’s Succession can’t come fast enough. And, of course, the pandemic has just thrown a wrench in production. Strong, appearing at the Emmys virtual backstage…

Succession capped its four-win Sunday night by winning the marquee Best Drama Series at the 72nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards, duplicating the feat from the Golden Globes and helping HBO win the overall crown as the network with the most wins this Emmy season. Like the rest of the night’s winners, Succession creator Je…

SPOILER WARNING: This article contains major plot details about the Season 2 finale of HBO's Succession. Similar to how Michael Corleone declared “It was you, Fredo” in Godfather II, when it came to last night’s “blood sacrifice” in the season 2 finale of HBO’s Succession, “This Is Not For Tears”, it was always papa…

SPOILER WARNING: This article contains major plot details about the Season 2 finale of HBO’s Succession. In the season 2 finale of Succession, which aired tonight on HBO, corrupt media mogul Logan Roy (Brian Cox) spent day and night on his Mediterranean yacht, considering who would take the fall for his many…

For composer Nicholas Britell, HBO's Succession was tricky to score, given the "huge amplitude of emotion" within the story, and the discordant combination of elements shaping its tone. Centered on the Roy family, the dysfunctional owners of a global media empire, Jesse Armstrong's series was many things at once—dark…

HBO’s Succession debuting in June, about the uneasy transition of power in a high-profile media family is not about Rupert Murdoch, series creator EP/Showrunner Jesse Armstrong insisted Thursday at TCA, when asked pointedly. Question was understandable given that his much-praised 2011 screenplay about Murdoch became…

Peep Show creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong have received investment from BBC Worldwide for their fledgling production company Various Artists Limited. Earlier this year, the pair joined forces in the venture with former Channel 4 exec Phil Clarke, responsible for commissioning Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney's Catas…