The third week of March 2023 might be the buzziest TV week of the year. The highly anticipated new seasons of two of the most talked-about prestige dramas of the year premiere this weekend, and there are a few other streaming treats that will keep those watchlists full for the foreseeable future.
Block out your Sunday nights for the next two-and-a-half months, because the fourth and final season of “Succession" debuts Sunday on HBO — miss an episode and you run the risk of being spoiled on social media. The award-winning, pitch-black dramedy created by Jesse Armstrong is loosely inspired by the Murdoch family, and it plays out like Shakespeare set behind the scenes at Fox News, as the Roy family double-cross, backstab, front stab and undermine each other while scrabbling for control of the billion-dollar Waystar Royco media empire.
It takes a few episodes to get a handle on the tone of this dark satire, but once it has its claws in you, there’s no escaping the allure of the Roy family roller coaster on “Succession.” Seasons 1-3 are available on HBO Max for a catch-up or rewatch (highly suggested), and with 10 episodes a season (only nine in Season 3), it's very manageable. Tune in Sunday to see which siblings ally with whom and if they ever learn to stand up to their draconian father, Logan (Brian Cox).
