Still nursing a Roy-family-shaped hole in your life after Succession’s brutal finale? You’re not alone. Few shows balance betrayal, sibling warfare, and power plays quite like it—but the good news is, TV isn’t short on dysfunctional dynasties and deliciously messy families. If you’re craving more “did-they-really-just-do-that?” drama, here are ten shows brimming with backstabbing, ambition, and the kind of generational chaos therapists dream about.
10. The Tudors
Royal family soap opera on steroids. The Tudors brings us into Henry VIII’s ruthless court, where friendships disintegrate quicker than wedlock and a misplaced stare might get you beheaded. Succession, but with crowns, corsets, and beheadings.
9. Billions
Replace boardrooms with hedge funds, and you have Billions. Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti engage in a game of cat-and-mouse ego, greed, and manipulation. Sleek, ruthless, and mercilessly fun, it’s pretty much a Wall Street soap opera with better suits.
8. Six Feet Under
Dysfunction within the family doesn’t always require billions on the line. Six Feet Under takes us inside a family funeral home, where death hangs as large as anger. Darkly comedic and deeply compassionate, it’s an exploration of life, death, and why no family enterprise is ever uncomplicated.
7. Revenge
Rich individuals acting badly? Check. Complicated plots? Double check. Revenge tells a story of secrets and vendettas in the Hamptons, headed by one enigmatic woman with a lot to avenge. High drama and higher stakes—excellent if you can’t get your betrayal with enough glitz.
6. Arrested Development
Now for something lighthearted: picture the Roys but humorous (and even petty). The Bluths are a dynastic family in disarray when their father gets arrested, which leaves their barely cohesive offspring scrambling. It’s ridiculous, quote-unquote, and demonstrates that dysfunction can be funny.
5. The Righteous Gemstones
Underneath the glitzy veneer of televangelist riches is a family as pious as they are corrupt. Headed by John Goodman, the Gemstones personify scandal, hypocrisy, and sibling infighting—served with outrageous humor. Think of it as Succession with sermons and Southern charm.
4. The Great
Forget dry history—The Great reinvents Catherine the Great’s ascension to power with irreverence, contemporary slang, and acid satire. It’s frenetic, chic, and wickedly humorous. If the Roys were around during 18th-century Russia, it would have been something like this.
3. Empire
Money, music, and deceit are the themes in Empire. Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson star as exes battling for their hip-hop dynasty, as their sons further complicate matters with schemes and desire. Shakespearean stakes with a dynamite soundtrack.
2. Wealth
This cool British drama sets siblings against one another after their dad’s health breakdown leaves a cosmetics empire on the block. Slick, stylish, and addictive, Riches is evidence that family loyalty never makes it when there’s big money involved.
1. Yellowstone
Imagine Succession, but with cowboy boots. Kevin Costner plays the patriarch of the Dutton family in Yellowstone, as they fight both outside threats to their ranch and inside deceptions within the family. Land, legacy, and loyalty come crashing together in this dark modern Western.
These programs demonstrate that the Roys were not the only family destroying each other for control and power. From corporate warfare to historical drama to collapsing modern dynasties, there are all sorts of dysfunctional storytelling ahead to engross you.