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HBO Renews Cult Favorite “Succession” for Fourth Season After 2nd New Episode Scores Big Ratings

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“Succession” has succeeded.

The HBO hit cult series about the Roy family has been renewed for a fourth season.

This past Sunday’s episode scored 1.3 million viewers over all HBO platforms, so it makes sense to keep the Roys around.

HBO doesn’t say it, but it’s going to take at least five seasons to tell the whole story of this miserable, wealthy infighting gang of vipers. They make the Lannisters from “Game of Thrones” look like Mary Poppins.

The great thing about Season 3 is you can start watching it without knowing too much backstory. Son Kendall Roy is on a campaign to destroy his father, Logan. The rest of it is laid out very clearly. Jump in at any time!

Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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