A little Schubert, a little Mozart and a lot of electro. This is the recipe for the most memorable series credits in recent years. Game Of Thrones ? No, and it would be time to turn the page. Here we are talking about the best drama series of 2022, crowned at the Golden Globes: Succession.
You hear the notes now and it plunges you back into excruciating pain. How to recover from the disappearance of the Roy family from our screens, the last episode of which was broadcast on May 28, 2023. Perhaps remembering that its intrigues do indeed exist in real life and are in no way over.
To find the shenanigans, the backstabbing and the bitter spats – “fuck off” – you only need to turn to one of the most influential families in the media world: the Murdochs. They are the ones who freely inspired the creator of Succession, Jesse Armstrong. Rupert, the best-known father, transcribed in the character of Logan. But also those in the shadows, the sons Lachlan and James, and their two sisters Prudence and Elisabeth.
“The Sun”, the “Wall Street Journal” or Fox News to share
At 92, the Australian-American tycoon has just handed over and appointed one of his sons, Lachlan Murdoch, to head his two most important companies. On the one hand News Corporation, a press group which notably hosts the New York PostTHE Wall Street Journal or The Sun. On the other, Fox Corporation, parent company of the Fox News news channel.
But this family succession remains quite uncertain. In this new episode, our correspondent in the United States Philippe Berry tells us the story of this war of succession and its consequences on the American media landscape.