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Billions (2016)

Series · Rated TV-MA

Drama

A savvy US Attorney and a brilliant hedge fund kingpins' intimate, suspenseful battle unfolds with gritty, pulpy stakes.

A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.

Streaming on Paramount+, Prime Video and The Roku Channel (free).

Billions parents guide

It stays inside its TV-MA, with moderate sex and nudity, and some violence.

Scare
Not scary
Jump scares
None noted
Gore
No gore
Violence
Some violence
Some fighting or peril.
Sex and nudity
Moderate
Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
Language
Strong
Frequent strong profanity or slurs.

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What is Billions about?

Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod are on an explosive collision course, with each using all of his considerable smarts, power and influence to outmaneuver the other. The stakes are in the billions in this timely, provocative series.

Cast and crew

Created byAndrew Ross Sorkin, Brian Koppelman, David Levien
StarringPaul Giamatti, Maggie Siff, David Costabile, Dola Rashad, Jeffrey DeMunn, Kelly AuCoin

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