Award-winning drama series Succession is coming to an end after season four, the show's creator has revealed.
The fourth (and, now, final) season is set to air from late March.
Succession follows the Roy family, who controls the biggest media and entertainment company in the world.
Why is Succession ending?
Creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong told the New Yorker that the end of Succession had "always been present" in his 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?" Armstrong says.
He said he told his fellow writers in late-2021 that he believed season four might be the end, but wanted their opinions.
"[…] We 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 more rangy, freewheeling kind of fun show, where there would be good weeks and bad weeks," Mr Armstrong says.
"Or we could do something a bit more muscular and complete and go out sort of strong. And that was definitely always my preference."
A 'deeply conflicting' decision
Armstrong says he has felt "deeply conflicted" in making this decision.
"I quite enjoy this period when we're editing — where the whole season is there — but we haven't put it out yet. I like the interregnum," Armstrong says.
"And I also quite liked the period where me and my close collaborators knew that this was probably it, or this was it, but hadn't had to face up to it in the world.
However, he says, the call didn't come lightly.
"It's been a difficult decision, because the collaborations — with the cast, with my fellow writers, with Nick Britell and Mark Mylod and the other directors — they've just been so good," Armstrong explains.
"And I feel like I've done the best work I can do, working with them."
HBO has not commented on the New Yorker profile but described it as accurate in a statement released to Hollywood media.
