Succession

Original characters in a contemporary drama; no established characters swapped.

Shiv Roy is ambitious but deeply flawed, not a flawless girlboss, and men are not mocked as a message—everyone is morally compromised.

• Shiv repeatedly outmaneuvered and undermined despite her competence
• Male characters are also venal and incompetent, not singled out

Largely heterosexual world with only minor, incidental queer presence.

• Minor characters with brief queer references, no central storyline

Cast reflects a plausible modern corporate/political milieu without checkbox diversity overriding the setting.

Satirizes wealth, media power, and politics but does so through character and story rather than sermonizing.

• Critique of right-wing media empire embedded in plot, not lectured

Skewers powerful men and wealth but as a satire of all the Roys, not a thesis on toxic masculinity or the West.

• Logan Roy depicted as ruthless, but framing is dynastic ambition, not 'masculinity is evil'

Original series with no source material.