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Succession

2018–2023HBODrama

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Home video of rich children, degraded and half-legible, cut against helicopter shots of towers they will inherit. Nicholas Britell's piano stumbles deliberately, like something played badly on purpose.

Succession rebuilt its titles: three distinct opening sequences are catalogued here across seasons 1–3, running between 91 and 94 seconds.

At 94 seconds at its longest, it opens well above the 50-second median for drama sequences in this catalogue.

It arrived on HBO in 2018, when Curb Your Enthusiasm, In Treatment and The Jinx were also on the network.

Only 139 of the 2,618 shows catalogued here changed their titles at all; Succession did so two times.

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All 3 opening title sequences

Season 1

94s

The first season's cut. Later seasons updated the footage as the family aged, so this is one version rather than the only one.

Season 2

91s

The home-video footage is extended and reshuffled, and the piano gains a variation.

Season 3

91s

Updated again, from Picturemill, who built the sequence.

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