Succession

A month before the premiere of Season 4, it's confirmed that the Emmy-winning series, "Succession," is ending.

We’ll definitely have to wait and see how Season 4 shakes out and if more “Succession,” in some other form, is actually a possibility. But the feeling that there could be something else in an allied world, or allied characters, or some of the same characters — that’s also strong in me. It sure does seem that way, but Armstrong isn’t fully ready to shut the door on the possibility of revisiting some of these characters in the future. Many fans will, of course, speculate whether or not Armstrong saw the writing on the wall from HBO and knew that now was a good time to end the story, given how Warner Bros. Or we could go on for ages and turn the show into something rather different, and be a more rangy, freewheeling kind of fun show, where there would be good weeks and bad weeks. The end has always been kind of present in my mind.”

Jesse Armstrong, the creator of the hit HBO drama series Succession, gives his reasons why the show is going to end with its upcoming season 4.

[like How I Met Your Mother](https://screenrant.com/himym-ending-twist-mother-death-clues-tracy/), which ran for so long that its central premise got stretched too thin and audiences fell out of love with its final season. [The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/the-end-of-succession-is-near) recently sat down with creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong to discuss the [impending Succession season 4](https://screenrant.com/succession-season-4-updates-news-renewal-cast-story/). Or we could do something a bit more muscular and complete, and go out sort of strong. From Season 2, I’ve been trying to think: Is it the next one, or the one after that, or is it the one after that?I got together with a few of my fellow-writers before we started the writing of Season 4, in about November, December, 2021, and I sort of said, “Look, I think this maybe should be it. [Succession](https://screenrant.com/tag/succession/) season 4 will be the end of the acclaimed HBO show and showrunner Jesse Armstrong opened up about why that is. He explained that the decision to end the series did not come lightly, but "there’s a promise in the title" of the show.

HBO's hit drama Succession will finish with its forthcoming fourth series, its creator and writer Jesse Armstrong has revealed. Speaking to the New Yorker, ...

“I like operating the writing room by coming in with a proposition and then being genuinely open to alternative ways of going. The end has always been kind of present in my mind. “There’s a promise in the title of Succession.

HBO's hit show "Succession" is set to bow out after the release of its upcoming fourth season.

“Or we could do something a bit more muscular and complete, and go out sort of strong. “Or we could go on for ages and turn the show into something rather different, and be a more rangy, freewheeling kind of fun show, where there would be good weeks and bad weeks,” he continued. “And HBO has been generous and would probably have done more seasons, and they have been nice about saying, ‘It’s your decision.’ That’s nice, but it’s also a responsibility in the end.

Series creator Jesse Armstrong revealed to The New Yorker why the HBO show "Succession" is ending after the upcoming fourth season.

"Maybe there’s something else that could be done, that harnessed what’s been good about the way we’ve worked on this. “Or we could do something a bit more muscular and complete, and go out sort of strong. “Maybe there’s another part of this world we could come back to, if there was an appetite?" “We could go on for ages and turn the show into something rather different, and be a more rangy, freewheeling kind of fun show, where there would be good weeks and bad weeks,” he said. The end has always been kind of present in my mind." The show premiered in 2018.

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[Daisy Jones & The Six](https://www.avclub.com/tv/reviews/daisy-jones-the-six-2023). [Succession](https://www.hbo.com/succession) and [Yellowjackets](https://www.sho.com/yellowjackets) premiere on the same weekend. This is exciting (and terrifying?) because new seasons of

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After five award-winning years, HBO's hit show "Succession" will come to a close with season 4, creator Jesse Armstrong told The New Yorker.

Or we could do something a bit more muscular and complete, and go out sort of strong. “So that is another true feeling.” “The end has always been kind of present in my mind,” he added. Or we could go on for ages and turn the show into something rather different, and be a more rangy, freewheeling kind of fun show, where there would be good weeks and bad weeks. “We could do a couple of short seasons, or two more seasons. “From Season 2, I’ve been trying to think: Is it the next one, or the one after that, or is it the one after that?”

The show's creator Jeremy Armstrong confirmed that the critically acclaimed HBO drama will be ending after season 4 airs this year.

But the feeling that there could be something else in an allied world, or allied characters, or some of the same characters — that’s also strong in me." "This is the muscular season to exhaust all our reserves of interest, and I think there’s some pain in all these characters that’s really strong. Maybe there’s something else that could be done, that harnessed what’s been good about the way we’ve worked on this. Could there be a spin-off set in the world of Succession? From Season 2, I’ve been trying to think: Is it the next one, or the one after that, or is it the one after that?" "You know, there’s a promise in the title of 'Succession.' I’ve never thought this could go on forever.

Jesse Armstrong, creator of HBO's "Succession," said ending the critically acclaimed series with Season 4 would allow it to "go out sort of strong."

“I imagine I’ll be a little bit lonely, and wandering the streets of London in a funk, and wondering, What … I don’t feel that anymore,” he said. That will not happen with our show,” the actor said. HBO teased “existential angst and familial division” as the Roys get closer to selling their media conglomerate, Waystar Royco, to the tech billionaire played by Alexander Skarsgard. “Succession” tracks the evolving dynamics of the Roy family, fictional media moguls clearly inspired in part by the Murdochs of Fox News fame. [second season](https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/10/14/second-season-succession-ended-with-satisfying-twist-we-should-have-seen-coming/?itid=lk_inline_manual_8), earning tens of Emmy nominations (and winning 13 total).

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But for now, we’ll have to trust his artistic judgment and accept that Succession is ending where it should be: at the height of its game and not overstaying its welcome a second too long. “This is the muscular season to exhaust all our reserves of interest, and I think there’s some pain in all these characters that’s really strong.” Since the [HBO](https://robbreport.com/tag/hbo/) series hit screens in 2018, it’s gathered a near-fanatic following of devotees, and [its sensational success](https://robbreport.com/lifestyle/news/succession-cast-salary-1234809230/) means that creator Jesse Armstrong likely could have turned the show into a decade-long empire if he wanted to. “And I feel like I’ve done the best work I can do, working with them.” “I’ll probably be calling you up in about six months asking if people are ready for a reboot.” But, unlike Logan Roy, Armstrong knows when to let go—and he confirmed yesterday that [the upcoming season](https://robbreport.com/lifestyle/news/succession-season-4-1234728134/), premiering on March 26, will be the series’s last.