Billions (TV series)

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Billions
Genre	Drama
Created by	Brian Koppelman; David Levien; Andrew Ross Sorkin;
Starring	Paul Giamatti; Damian Lewis; Maggie Siff; Malin Akerman; Toby Leonard Moore; David Costabile; Condola Rashād; Asia Kate Dillon; Jeffrey DeMunn; Kelly AuCoin; Corey Stoll; Daniel Breaker; Sakina Jaffrey; Toney Goins;
Composer	Eskmo
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	84 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Brian Koppelman; David Levien; Christian Soriano; Andrew Ross Sorkin; Neil Burger;
Production location	New York City
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	54–60 minutes
Production companies	Best Available!; TBTF Productions Inc. (seasons 1 & 2);
Original release
Network	Showtime
Release	January 17, 2016 –; October 29, 2023
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Billions is an American drama television series created by Brian Koppelman, David Levien, and Andrew Ross Sorkin. The series premiered on January 17, 2016, on Showtime, and its seventh and final season premiered on August 13, 2023.^[1]^[2]

Set primarily in New York and Connecticut, the series depicts hedge fund manager Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis) as he accumulates wealth and power in the world of high finance.^[3]^[4] Axelrod's aggressive tactics frequently garner the attention of United States Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti). Rhoades is based on Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan from 2009 to 2017, and the series was inspired by real-life federal prosecutions of financial crime.^[5]^[6] Bharara's 2013 prosecution of hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen of S.A.C. Capital Advisors loosely influenced the first season, while Salomon Brothers' 1991 manipulation of U.S. Treasury bonds inspired the second.^[7] Series subplots feature the psychiatrist turned performance coach Wendy Rhoades (Maggie Siff), market analyst Taylor Mason (Asia Kate Dillon), and Axelrod's right-hand man Mike "Wags" Wagner (David Costabile).

As the first American TV series to have a non-binary character (Taylor Mason),^[8]^[9] it has been nominated multiple times for the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series for its representation of the LGBTQ community.

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^ DeFrancesco, Dan. "A 'Billions' cocreator explains how he cracked into the secretive world of hedge funds to make the show realistic". Business Insider. Archived from the original on February 15, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
^ Teodorczuk, Tom. "We asked top hedge funders: Does Showtime's drama 'Billions' reflect financial reality?". MarketWatch. Archived from the original on May 3, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
^ Orden, Erica. "Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's Office Gets Hollywood Treatment in Showtime Series". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
^ "Where's your turban?". Rediff. Archived from the original on February 3, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
^ Groden, Claire (February 4, 2016). "Inside the Secretive World of Hedge Fund Psychiatrists and Performance Coaches". Fortune. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
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