Category: Print Media
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Billions is ‘Prestige Trash’ TV and That’s Why We Love It – March 15, 2019
The Showtime Series Returns For Its Fourth Season Sunday, With More Greed, Lust and Paul Giamatti by Allie Pape | San Francisco Chronicle | March 15, 2019 Prestige TV is the defining art form of America right now, as the streaming wars offer up a endless array of shows that probe the intricacies of gender,…
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Billions EP Previews What’s Next for Axe, Rhoades & the Crew in Season 4 – March 15, 2019
Axe: The smartest Guy in Town was Blindsided by Ileane Rudolph | TV Insider | March 15, 2019 A thirst for vengeance drives both hedge fund king Bobby “Axe” Axelrod (Damian Lewis) and former U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) on Season 4 of the financial thriller Billions. The longtime antagonists join forces to crush those who…
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Asia Kate Dillon Tells Us What It’s Like To Be In Bobby Axelrod’s Crosshairs On Billions – March 15, 2019
Axe and Taylor are Each Other’s Most Worthy Adversary and They Know It by Jason Tabrys | Uproxx | March 15, 2019 For three seasons, we’ve watched Bobby Axelrod (the investment Golden God) and Chuck Rhoades (the power-thirsty lawman) posture, snarl, and scheme while locked in a gloriously intense battle of financial sector cops and…
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What David Costabile Says About Working with Damian – March 15, 2019
David Costabile as Wags by Jay Bobbin | On TV Today | March 15, 2019 If you’re crafty hedge-fund manager Bobby “Axeâ€Â Axelrod of “Billions,†you need somebody you can trust. His right-hand man — played by David Costabile — is Mike “Wags†Wagner, who can get dirty protecting Axe’s dealings on the New York-set drama…
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Billions Season 4 Goes for Broke – March 15, 2019
“Billions shifts around enough of its usual architecture to still feel fresh in its fourth season” by Kathryn VanArendonk | Vulture | March 15, 2019 When TV shows have been around for a few seasons, sometimes they get relaxed and hit the autopilot button. Some shows do the opposite, blowing everything up to start completely…
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Billions: Brian Koppelman and David Levien on Money, Power, and American Gods – March 15, 2019
The Privileges of Gods and Kings by Sean T. Collins | New York Times | March 15, 2019 From Wall Street to Washington, the world of “Billions†is a world at war. According to David Levien, one of the creators and showrunners for the series, that’s by design. “If you look at kings and Caesars…
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Maggie Siff on How Billions Adapted to the #MeToo and Time’s Up Era – March 14, 2019
Billions: Evolution of the Hit Drama by Evan Real | Hollywood Reporter | March 14, 2019 The Showtime star opens up to The Hollywood Reporter about the evolution of the hit drama, noting that the writers room is “very tuned in to” today’s social climate. It was a different time when Billions first premiered on Showtime in…