Spoiler alert: The withering patriarch of Succession, Logan Roy, never stepped down as CEO of a media conglomerate before passing away, nor did he nail down a succession plan. But the real-life Logan Roy just did. Business magnate and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 92, announced on Thursday that he’s retiring as chairman at Fox Corporation and News Corp. in mid-November after a seven-decade career.
Despite the HBO drama creator Jesse Armstrong’s reminders that the characters are fictional and “no one family unlocks” them, the Roys have an uncanny resemblance to the Murdochs—a powerful, aging media executive who watches his children vie for control of the empire. Sound familiar? The similarities are apparent enough that Rupert Murdoch barred his ex-wife Jerry Hall from giving story ideas to Succession writers in their divorce settlement.
