HBO’s Succession kicked off its fourth and final season with an episode that set a series-high record number of viewers. Succession‘s third season wrapped up in December 2021, and fans have been anxiously awaiting this fourth season to find out which Roy will emerge as the winner in the brutal battle over the family’s multi-billion dollar media empire.
According to HBO, Succession season four episode one set a series high by pulling in 2.3 million viewers across HBO Max and linear telecasts. Viewership of the final season’s premiere was up 62% compared to season three’s first episode. Plus, the numbers were up 33% compared to last season’s finale.
Overall, season three averaged 7.2 million viewers across all platforms.
The 10-episode fourth season stars Brian Cox as Logan Roy, Jeremy Strong as Kendall, Sarah Snook as Siobhan, Kieran Culkin as Roman, and Alan Ruck as Connor. Matthew Macfadyen plays Tom Wambsgans, Nicholas Braun is Greg Hirsch, J. Smith-Cameron is Gerri Kellman, and Peter Friedman is back as Frank Vernon.
Additional returning cast members include David Rasche, Fisher Stevens, Hiam Abbass, Justine Lupe, Dagmara Domińczyk, Arian Moayed, Scott Nicholson, Zoë Winters, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Juliana Canfield, and Jeannie Berlin. Alexander Skarsgård, Cherry Jones, Hope Davis, Justin Kirk, and Stephen Root will also reprise their roles for season four.
Jesse Armstrong created the award-winning drama and serves as showrunner and executive producer. Adam McKay, Frank Rich, Kevin Messick, Jane Tranter, Mark Mylod, Tony Roche, Scott Ferguson, Jon Brown, Lucy Prebble, Will Tracy, and Will Ferrell also serve as executive producers.
New episodes air on Sundays at 9pm ET/PT.
The Succession Season 4 Plot, Courtesy of HBO:
Succession explores themes of power and family dynamics through the eyes of patriarch Logan Roy and his four grown children, Kendall, Siobhan, Roman, and Connor.
The sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson moves ever closer. The prospect of this seismic sale provokes existential angst and familial division among the Roys as they anticipate what their lives will look like once the deal is complete. A power struggle ensues as the family weighs up a future where their cultural and political weight is severely curtailed.
