TV Critic James Poniewozik on the Murdochs and 'Succession' | 1

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.3 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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James Poniewozik, watches TV all day and gets paid for it. Dream job, right? James is the chief TV critic at the New York Times. He’s also the author of “Audience of One: Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America.” On this episode, he explains how Rupert Murdoch brought a tabloid sensibility to cable news. Then we talk “Succession.” The Murdoch family feud inspired the HBO drama, but James says the show also takes a page from Greek mythology.

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0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can binge the newest season of even the rich before anyone else.
0:04.4	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app I'm Brooke Sifrin, and I'm Ereisha Skidmore Williams.
0:25.0	And this is Even the Rich.
0:27.0	Our time at the Murdoch's is coming to a close, but it's been one hell of a ride.
0:32.0	Yeah, I've got to say, for me, the highlight
0:35.0	was when you read Wendy's super steamy diary.
0:38.4	Yeah, I bet you didn't expect an elected official's
0:40.6	but to make an appearance on this show.
0:42.4	Yeah, hopefully it won't be the last.
0:43.8	Before we close the book on the Murdoch's,
0:48.4	there's something I think we should talk about.
0:50.5	All of the glowing feedback we've been getting about our flawless Australian accents?
0:54.0	Well I did have something else in mind.
0:57.0	We've been calling this season the real life succession as a shout out to the HBO show.
1:02.0	Now for any listeners who don't watch it's
1:04.9	about a family called the Roy's. At the head there's this old guy who built a global
1:09.6	media empire he can't bear to let go of and below him are a couple of kids angling to take over.
1:15.0	Sounds familiar, right?
1:17.0	We know succession was inspired by the Murdoch's, but what does that really mean?
1:21.0	Well, today I've got the perfect person
1:24.0	to help me answer that question.
1:25.6	James Panoazic.
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