US: Billions (2016)

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The new SHOWTIME drama series BILLIONS will premiere Sunday, January 17th at 10 p.m. ET/PT on-air, On Demand and over the internet. Starring Oscar® nominee and Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Paul Giamatti (John Adams) and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Damian Lewis (Homeland), BILLIONS is a 21st-century examination of the profit and peril of chasing the American dream. BILLIONS is written and executive produced by Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Ocean's Thirteen, Rounders), and Andrew Ross Sorkin (Too Big To Fail).

BILLIONS is a bold, contemporary drama that melds the worlds of ultra-wealth, influence and corruption as personified in two highly ambitious opposing figures: hard-charging, blue-blooded, politically connected U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Giamatti) and brilliant, calculating, blue-collar billionaire hedge fund king, Bobby "Axe" Axelrod (Lewis). Set amongst the Machiavellian machinations of New York City power politics and finance, BILLIONS weaves a complex, intricate narrative featuring a high-stakes game of predator-versus-prey. Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman, Toby Leonard Moore, David Costabile and Condola Rashad also star. The pilot was directed by acclaimed director Neil Burger (The Illusionist, Divergent), who also serves as an executive producer.

This is one of the few upcoming shows that has grabbed my interest. It also helps that I'm a big fan of Paul Giamatti and I think it will be a treat to see him develop a character over what looks like a stong series.
 
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Basically that. A glimpse of an interesting plot to develop further, and characters strong enough to carry it.
 
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IMDb doesn't list a date for the next episode that i can see but wiki (edit - and the showtime site) say it starts properly this coming Sunday :) Sounds like it might be episode one again though.

Edit - correction, we got a new episode.
 
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