It turns out that the best way to applaud the fourth and final season of “Succession” is with the Emmy Award for Drama Series.
The HBO show received the top honor at the 2024 Emmys for the third time on Monday.
In accepting the award, creator Jesse Armstrong shared his gratitude for the cast and crew, with a special shout-out to Brian Cox, “who the show revolved around, whether he was on it or not.”
Armstrong closed his speech with a joke: “This is a show about family, but it's also about when partisan news coverage becomes intertwined with divisive right-wing politics. And after four seasons of satire, as I understand it, that is a problem we have now solved.”
Created by Armstrong, “Succession” kept audiences engrossed with its ending, which revealed who would take over as leader of Waystar Royco, the fictional international conglomerate founded by magnate logan roy, played by Cox. The drama surpassed “Andor,” “Better Call Saul,” “The Crown,” “House of the Dragon,” “The Last of Us,” “The White Lotus” and “Yellowjackets.” It previously won this award in 2020 and 2022, for its second and third seasons, respectively.
“Succession” led the Emmy race with 27 nominations when the nominations were announced in July. In a near sweep of primetime broadcasting, it also took home awards for lead actor Kieran Culkin, lead actress Sarah Snook and supporting actor Matthew Macfadyen, in addition to writing and directing.
“It was a great sadness to end the show,” Armstrong said when accepting the Emmy for writing for a drama series. “But it's a great pleasure to do it.”
