The Goldbergs and Succession to end.

by Thinus Ferreira

The long-running American comedy series The Goldbergs will end with its current 10th while the American business dynasty drama series Succession will end with its upcoming 4th season.

The Goldbergs seen in South Africa on M-Net (DStv 101) and produced by Sony Pictures Television, was inspired by the life of the series creator Adam F. Goldberg and told stories from the viewpoint of the 11-year old Adam (Sean Giambrone) growing up as a teenager during the 1980s in the Philadelphia suburb of Jenkintown.

"It's been an honour to be part of The Goldbergs for the last decade," executive producer McLendon-Covey said in a statement. "I'm really proud of what we accomplished with the show, and I'm so lucky to have had such a rewarding experience. I will miss my TV family and every last crew member."

Craig Erwich, president of ABC Entertainment and Disney branded television streaming originals, says "We are so proud of the 10 years we were able to spend with The Goldbergs. This is an incredible team and we're so thankful for the joy and entertainment they brought to so many over this time. We look forward to celebrating their final chapter along with the fans in the weeks ahead".

The upcoming fourth season of HBO's Succession seen on MultiChoice's Showmax video streamer in South Africa and in which grown children battle for control of their father's business empire, will debut at the end of March.

Series creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong told New Yorker magazine in an interview that the decision was made for the fourth season to be the last.

"I got together with a few of my fellow writers before we started the writing of season four, in about November, December, 2021, and I sort of said, ‘Look, I think this maybe should be it. But what do you think?"he said.

"And we played out various scenarios: We could do a couple of short seasons, or two more seasons. Or we could go on for ages and turn the show into something rather different, and be a more rangy, freewheeling kind of fun show, where there would be good weeks and bad weeks. Or we could do something a bit more muscular and complete, and go out sort of strong. And that was definitely always my preference."

M-Net signs a package deal with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) for new dramas The Blacklist, Masters of Sex and other series.

M-Net and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) have signed a new package deal under which the South African pay-TV broadcaster secures the rights to hot new shows such as The Blacklist and Masters of Sex.

M-Net also gets the new comedies The Michael J. Fox Show and The Goldbergs for broadcast in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.

As part of the package deal with SPT, M-Net also will get new dramas Rake and The Night Shift, as well as the comedy Bad Teacher, The Queen Latifah Show already running on the M-Net Series Reality channel on MultiChoice's DStv platform, as well as Breaking Bad, and also further seasons of Community, Justified and Drop Dead Diva.

"The current Sony Pictures Television series on M-Net's channels are well-loved by our viewers and we are thrilled to add more exciting new SPT shows to our mix of top-notch content," says Jan du Plessis, M-Net's director of group content services.