Succession is a satirical comedy-drama television series created by Jesse Armstrong that aired 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.

Among the cast are Brian Cox as patriarch Logan Roy, Jeremy Strong as Kendall, Kieran Culkin as Roman, and Sarah Snook as Siobhan (“Shiv”), Logan’s children employed by the company. Matthew Macfadyen stars as Tom Wambsgans, Shiv’s husband and Waystar executive; Nicholas Braun as Greg Hirsch, Logan’s grandnephew also employed by the company; Alan Ruck as Connor, Logan’s eldest child; and Hiam Abbass as Marcia Roy, Logan’s third and current wife. 

Peter Friedman, and Natalie Gold also star, 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 widespread critical acclaim across all four seasons for its writing, acting, humor, musical score, directing, production values, and examination of its subject matter, and is generally considered to be one of the best television series of all time. The series has received several awards and nominations, including two wins for both the Golden Globe for Best Television Series – Drama and the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in 2020 and 2022, as well as the British Academy Television Award for Best International Programme. Both Cox and Strong received the Golden Globe for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and Snook the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, with Strong and Macfadyen receiving Primetime Emmy Awards for their performances – in addition to Armstrong’s three wins for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.

Succession is the Featured Blog of the Month for May! With the Featured Blog comes a detailed critique of the HBO series including the cast of Succession and the real life family the series is rumored to be about, the Murdochs, there is also a detailed recommendation of the HBO series Succession. You can also find with the Featured Blog of the Month a critical review of Succession. There is also an interview with the Featured Blog that you can watch, it is a CBS Sunday Morning interview with Jeremy Strong of Succession. To commemorate all of the Featured Blog of the Month films and series, there is a Top Ten List of films or series featured and for Succession the list is My Top Ten Best Series of All Time. Last but not least, the Featured Blog of the Month includes an Official Trailer for the film or series!

I give you the 2018 Official Trailer for Succession: