it s two people locked in combat that never actually boils over into combat, and i thought that was just very smart. i think fx did so much good work that it moved television forward. [daniel] a lot of these networks have been trying to expand their brands. and a lot of how you expand your brand is with a really, really good scripted title. sundance tv had rectify, a show that i will always tell people to watch. it s a contemplative show that s a meditation on faith and spirituality, about a guy who was on death row for 20 years, and gets released, and is traumatized to see what the world looks like. shows like that get to exist because things keep expanding, and there keep being room for more ideas and for more different versions of what quality looks like. [alan] cinemax had always been the less-respected little brother of hbo. people called it skinemax. and rather than try to compete with what hbo was able to do on sort or a high-class level,
and i think that was not something we wanted to do to, to trick the audience. but it was a way of essentially bringing them into his world, understanding how conflicted he was. for me, it was one of the most cinematic shows of the decade. i think the angles we used were very unpredictable, and you didn t often see shots like that on television. [alan] mr. robot strikes a chord in part because rami malek was incredible, and you just wanted to watch him do anything. but there was also sort of a level of rising anger at the time about income inequality. it was channeling a level of anger that i think a lot of people were starting to feel around then. you know what? what? sometimes it is a big dick competition. [alan] succession suddenly became the talked-about show for hbo. it s basically a fictionalized account of the murdoch family s life.
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and rather than try to compete with what hbo was able to do on sort or a high-class level, they start doing these action shows. [daniel] these are great, elevated, b-movie tv shows. and then sometimes cinemax struck gold, like the knick. you turn a block of programming over to steven soderbergh, and in this case, it was brilliant television. gentlemen, atomizers on. everyone scrubbed, washed, cleansed, deloused, purified by god. [jacqueline] the knick is set in a hospital in the early 20th century. clive owen plays their premier physician. and he s well respected, but he s also completely addicted to heroin. he s a madman. though this is madness, yet there is method in it. [jacqueline] steven soderbergh as the director really set the show apart, particularly because of the camera style. it was a show that was absolutely filmed like a movie as opposed to a television show. [alan] usa had had this reputation they were the blue sky network.
it s basically a fictionalized account of the murdoch family s life. brian cox is logan roy, the longtime indomitable head of the family. you ve got a number of his children all jockeying for position constantly and hoping that ultimately they will be the one to inherit the empire. guys, what dad is saying is just, uh, just know your role and execute. my worry is that kendall may come across as too cool and likeable. succession is the top shelf of television. succession is television that seems to be playing at its highest intellectual level and still being incredibly funny. oh, dude, if it s true, he s gone. i mean, nazis terrible, right? -nazis? -yeah. yeah. yeah, they re, they re the worst. yeah, sure, we all hate nazis. it is a phenomenal dive that s detailed and rich. it feels very authentic about families at that level and power, and business, and politics. and you just can t stop watching.