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Succession writer and co-executive producer Lucy Prebble was last night awarded the 2019 Wellcome Screenwriting Fellowship, the prestigious UK screenwriting bursary given by the charitable organization the Wellcome Trust in partnership with the BFI and Film4. The Fellowship awards a screenwriter £30,000 ($39,000) to…

Programming on HBO Max, which will scale to 88 series across HBO and Max Originals, will be marked by a one-episode-at-a-time release strategy, the streaming service’s content chief Kevin Reilly affirmed Tuesday. Speaking to Wall Street analysts and the media during WarnerMedia’s investor day Tuesday, the executive…

James Murdoch really doesn't watch Succession and also doesn't watch Fox News Channel. Proving he is far from Roman Roy on HBO’s Emmy-nominated media dynasty series, Rupert Murdoch's youngest son on Wednesday circumspectly handled a slew of questions about his family and the new ground he's staking out for himself…

AMC has announced the cast for its anthology drama series about the intersection of love and science, from Emmy-winning writer Will Bridges (Black Mirror, Stranger Things) and Brett Goldstein (Superbob, Adult Life Skills). Succession actress Sarah Snook, Billions star David Costabile and Sonya Cassidy (Lodge 49, Humans…

Fresh off showing the Vanity Fair Summit what journalism actually looks like in her sit-down yesterday with Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, Katie Couric wasted no time Wednesday jumping in with Netflix's Ted Sarandos with the declaration that "the sharks are circling." "We've been competing since Day One," the streamer's…

It was blood sport all round on Sunday and not just that Pittsburgh Steelers win over the L.A. Chargers and the cable topping New York Yankees and Houston Astros game on Fox Sports 1. No, The Walking Dead and Succession both had sacrifices, new messy alliances and some telling ratings. For the AMC zombie apocalypse…

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…

The 2019 Primetime Emmys on Sunday felt more like the BAFTAs as half of the awards were handed to Brits or Brit-produced shows. "This is getting ridiculous," said Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who was certainly the toast of Hollywood, picking up four awards for BBC/Amazon co-pro comedy Fleabag, while Killing Eve, which she…

With so many nominees to choose from, Academy voters (of which I am one) have a tough task just trying to get through all the content and come up with some deserving winners. So, let me help my fellow members as I choose a few that I feel would be great to see up on the Microsoft Stage come Sunday. Although it likely…

On the heels of strong ratings for its season 2 premiere and five Emmy nominations for its freshman run, HBO has renewed its hit family saga Succession for a third season. “We are elated that Succession and its exploration of wealth, power and family has resonated so powerfully with audiences," says Francesca Orsi…

HBO received a blessing of sorts from the TV Gods this past weekend with the premiere of megachurch comedy The Righteous Gemstones and the second episode of the second season of Succession. Coming in almost the same as the series high of the August 11 Season 2 debut, the Brian Cox-led global media moguls drama snared…

Family Guy producer and writer Gary Janetti is taking on the Royal Family once again in a recent Instagram post that spoofs the opening credits of Succession. In the retooled intro to HBO Murdoch-centric drama, Janetti uses the same opening credits music from Emmy-nominated  Nicholas Britell but uses images and video…