But with the main characters estranged, “Succession” still gets to deliver the scenes it does better than any other: harried cell phone calls. It’s those calls, after all, that gave the ...

Following a time-honored HBO tradition, “Succession” sent the ruthless ... Considering my dwindling emotional attachment to any of the characters, I found it surprisingly upsetting, and ...

Tensions keep running high for the Roy empire, and tonight, it may reach an entirely new boiling point after creator Jesse Armstrong teased Succession ... one of the lead characters.

Each and every character reacts to the news and lack ... (SOUNDBITE OF NICHOLAS BRITELL'S "SUCCESSION (MAIN TITLE THEME)") GROSS: David Bianculli is a professor of television studies at Rowan ...

None of the main characters do. Writing realist fiction about real individuals and events carries two opposing risks: going over the top, which “Succession” never did, and being too on the nose.

The creator of HBO's Succession has written and directed ... "There's a spectrum of behaviors," Armstrong said of his four main characters. "On one end, you have confidence, which is probably ...