The first three seasons of SUCCESSION have garnered 48 Emmy® nominations and 13 wins, together with Outstanding Drama Series, for the second and third season. Season three, which premiered October 2021, earned the SAG Award for drama ensemble and swept at WGA, DGA, and PGA.
Logline: In season 4, the sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) strikes ever nearer. The prospect of this seismic sale provokes existential angst and familial division among the many Roys as they anticipate what their lives will appear to be as soon as the deal is full. An influence wrestle ensues because the household weighs up a future the place their cultural and political weight is severely curtailed.
Season 4 solid: Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Matthew Macfadyen, Nicholas Braun, J. Smith-Cameron, Peter Friedman, David Rasche, Fisher Stevens, Hiam Abbass, Justine Lupe, Dagmara Domińczyk, Arian Moayed, Scott Nicholson, Zoë Winters, Annabelle Dexter- Jones, Juliana Canfield, and Jeannie Berlin. Additional solid contains Alexander Skarsgård, Cherry Jones, Hope Davis, Justin Kirk, and Stephen Root.
Season 4 credit: Created by Jesse Armstrong; government produced by Jesse Armstrong, Adam McKay, Frank Rich, Kevin Messick, Jane Tranter, Mark Mylod, Tony Roche, Scott Ferguson, Jon Brown, Lucy Prebble, Will Tracy and Will Ferrell. Jesse Armstrong serves as showrunner.