Murdoch’s flagship hails ‘terrifyingly funny’ Succession, without a nod to the family who inspired it

The drama in Succession prompted Rupert Murdoch’s children to discuss their own public relations strategy for their father’s death, leading to a legal battle in a Nevada court. Photograph: HBO

To mark the launch of a new culture section, The Australian has produced a list of the top 25 TV shows of the past 25 years.

The best TV show in the last quarter of a century, as curated by the national broadsheet’s writers, is HBO’s Succession – widely seen, of course, as being heavily inspired by the Murdoch family, the proprietor of News Corp Australia’s flagship newspaper.