![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() On that score the episode, subtitled “America Decides,” presciently mirrored internal discussions at Fox, where executives fretted about angering Republicans and alienating a sizable portion of its audience. Indeed, series creator Jesse Armstrong, who wrote the hour, almost seems to have been reading the leaked emails and texts from the Fox-Dominion lawsuit, which revealed the behind-the-scenes apprehensions as network officials wrestled with the fallout from their election coverage while worrying about being outflanked by upstart competitors on the right. For the Roy children, it’s a long way back to that group-hug moment they shared earlier in the season, on what can only be described as a very-“Succession” election night.įorgive viewers of the HBO drama – as well as Fox News employees – for perhaps experiencing a bit of post-traumatic stress as they watched the show’s brilliant election-themed episode, which brought politics and Waystar Royco’s influence through its conservative cable network, ATN, together in a dizzying mishmash of 21st-century elections. ![]()
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