‘Succession’ and The End of Television’s Golden Age

Kieran Culkin, from left, Jeremy Strong and Sarah Snook play the Roy siblings on HBO’s critically acclaimed Succession. (Photo via HBO)
Jesse Armstrong oversaw the last great writers’ room.
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There’s something beautifully still and calm about collections of TV scripts: frozen in time, notionally occupying that sweet spot between the magic of writing and the magic of acting. And, as they’re published after everything’s been shot and cut and aired and watched and reviewed and garlanded, a script anthology is also the last word. It’s a warm glu…
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