Why is ‘Succession’ ending?

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Succession officially comes to an end after its fourth season.Created by Jesse Armstrong (Peep Show), the satirical comedy-drama about the power struggle within the Roy family has been a critical success since its inception in 2018 – picking up 13 Primetime Emmy Awards across its lifespan so far.The show’s cast includes Brian Cox as the family patriarch Logan Roy, alongside Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook, Matthew Macfadyen, Nicholas Braun and Alan Ruck.Armstrong confirmed Succession’s fourth season would be its last in February 2023 ahead of the show’s return.Speaking in an interview with The New Yorker, Armstrong explained that the show’s natural conclusion came to fruition in the fourth season.“You know, there’s a promise in the title of Succession,” Armstrong said. “I’ve never thought this could go on forever.

The end has always been kind of present in my mind. From season two, I’ve been trying to think: Is it the next one, or the one after that, or is it the one after that?”After speaking with the show’s other writers, Armstrong said they played out various scenarios. “We could do a couple of short seasons, or two more seasons.

Or we could go on for ages and turn the show into something rather different, and be a rangy, freewheeling kind of fun show.

Or we could do something a bit more muscular and complete, and go out sort of strong. And that was definitely always my preference.”Elsewhere in the same interview, Armstrong said that he’s potentially open to returning to the world of Succession from a different perspective.“I do think that this succession story that we were telling is complete,” Armstrong said.