Who will win the battle of succession?

Rupert Murdoch is known as the media magnate who, over the course of 70 years, turned a small family newspaper company into the most powerful conservative media empire in history. With a net worth of almost $18 billion, he is not only one of the richest and most influential people on the planet, but his vast media empire has influenced governments and changed the course of history.

Murdoch has been married four times and has fathered six children. He has exhibited a penchant for pitting his three middle children, Lachlan, James, and Elizabeth, against each other in lengthy competitions to become his favorite, and, therefore, heir to his businesses.

In 2017, Murdoch announced to his children the unthinkable: that he’d be selling the biggest part of his media dynasty, 20th Century Fox. But only one of them could take the reins. Immediately, his children go to war, vying against each other for both their father's approval and his empire. The public and private feuds play out like Shakespearean tragedies, as the Murdoch family turns on one another in private and public displays of nepotism, sibling rivalry, entitlement, and international scandals.

Narrated by Succession’s Alan Ruck, Bitter Blood Season 2: Murdoch v. Murdoch is a look at the inner workings of this famous family, told through exclusive interviews with key insiders, including employees, Murdoch biographers, and journalists. This is the tale of a family that battles for wealth and power at all costs, even if that means battling against each other until the bitter end.

Rupert Murdoch’s proposed sale of Fox’s entertainment properties to Disney causes friction between his children--Lachlan, James and Elisabeth--and raises new questions of who will become successor to the media mogul’s global empire.

The son of an ambitious and well-connected Australian newspaperman, a young Rupert Murdoch sets out to build a massive media empire with greater reach and influence than his father ever dreamed possible, conquering first Australia, then the UK and the United States, and finally, the world.

Elisabeth, Lachlan, and James—Rupert Murdoch’s children from his second marriage—are conditioned from early childhood not only to succeed at all costs, but to compete against each other for their father’s favor...and the keys to his kingdom.

The battle for succession heats up as Rupert Murdoch’s third wife, Wendi Deng, attempts to influence her husband’s plans for his empire and fortune, forcing James, Lachlan, and Elisabeth to put aside their differences and join forces to secure their birthright.

The Murdoch empire is on the verge of collapse when Rupert and his son James find themselves in the crosshairs of the UK government in the wake of one of the greatest scandals in newspaper history, pitting the Murdochs not only against Parliament, but against each other.

The crown jewel of the Murdoch empire is formed as Rupert teams up with Roger Ailes to create Fox News, a new 24-hour news channel with a conservative lean that defies all odds to become one of the most successful (and controversial) cable networks of all time.

With Roger Ailes on the decline and Donald Trump on the rise, Rupert Murdoch and his children face a dilemma with the direction of Fox News—report events accurately and lose their core viewers, or commit to full right-wing propaganda.