succession is set to end with season 4 ahead of the emmywinning hbo shows fourth and final chapter releasing on march 26 creator jesse armstrong admitted that the end has always been present in my mind and explained why it was time to make good on the promise of its titlein an interview with new yorker the showrunner revealed that hes been thinking up the eventual conclusion since season 2 ive never thought this could go on forever armstrong noted i got together with a few of my fellow writers before we started the writing of season four in about november december 2021 and i sort of said look i think this maybe should be it but what do you think we played out various scenarios we could do a couple of short seasons or two more seasons 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 armstrong went on or we could do something a bit more muscular and complete and go out sort of strong that was definitely always my preferencestarring the likes of matthew macfadyen sarah snook kieran culkin jeremy strong and brian cox succession centers on the roys the adult children of a wealthy business tycoon as they fight to be named his replacement at wayco the familys media company judging by the trailer season 4 sees the siblings connor kendall shiv and roman finally band together to force their reluctant pops logan from his throne once and for alli quite liked the period where me and my close collaborators knew that this was probably it or this was it but hadnt had to face up to it in the world armstrong confessed its been a difficult decision because the collaborations with the cast with my fellow writers with nick britell and mark mylod and the other directors theyve just been so good i feel like ive done the best work i can do working with them hbo has been generous and would probably have done more seasons and they have been nice about saying its your decision thats nice but its also a responsibility in the end it feels quite perverse to stop doing itsuccession season 4 releases on hbo in the us on march 26 and sky atlantic and now in the uk on march 27 in the meantime check out our list of the most exciting new tv shows coming our way throughout the rest of 2023 and beyond