Both HBO shows skewer the rich and premiered to low expectations before catching fire, delighting viewers, critics, Emmy voters and anyone capable of creating and packaging a meme. The creators of both shows — Mike White with “The White Lotus” and Jesse Armstrong with “Succession” — are hailed as bona fide auteurs because of the success.

According to Deadline, in a February 2025 interview, HBO executive Francesca Orsi teased a return to Europe, saying: “We’re going on some locations scouting in the next couple of weeks, so we’ll know soon [...] I can’t really say where we’re going to land but chances are somewhere in Europe.”