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Succession – Season 1, Episode 1 Celebration

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Succession – Season 1, Episode 1

Celebration

Aired Jun 3, 2018

Drama

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Media magnate Logan Roy shocks his family on his 80th birthday by announcing he is staying on indefinitely as CEO of Waystar Royco; Logan's children raise objections over their father's desire to change the way his eventual successor will be chosen.

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Scott Tobias

New York Magazine/Vulture

Dec 13, 2021

4/5

An immensely confident first episode...

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Orlando Bird

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Aug 6, 2018

3/5

Jesse Armstrong's script, meanwhile, combined the sweary energy of The Thick of It with the squirmy social humour of Peep Show. As a fan of those shows - and virtually everything else Armstrong has worked on - I wanted to love this one too.

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Synopsis

Media magnate Logan Roy shocks his family on his 80th birthday by announcing he is staying on indefinitely as CEO of Waystar Royco; Logan's children raise objections over their father's desire to change the way his eventual successor will be chosen.

Director: Adam McKay
Creator: Jesse Armstrong
Executive Producer: Jesse Armstrong, Adam McKay, Frank Rich, Kevin J. Messick, Will Ferrell, Jane Tranter, Mark Mylod
Screenwriter: Jesse Armstrong
Network: HBO
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Jun 3, 2018

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