Succession

This HBO production follows the private and professional travails of the Roys. Corporate executives, bankers, lawyers, and private equity executives tiptoe around the ultra-wealthy media family, where the patriarch won’t let go and an upstart son is more than ready to take over. Good lessons for navigating the perils of super-rich families and good entertainment for those who can’t be bothered with 722 pages of Thomas Mann's «Buddenbrooks» family saga.