Capital Advisors loosely influenced the first season, while Salomon Brothers' 1991 manipulation of U.S. Bharara's 2013 prosecution of hedge fund manager Steven A. The series was inspired by the investigations undertaken by Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan from 2009 to 2017, on whom Rhoades is based.
Some plotlines mirror real-life prosecutions of financial crime by federal authorities. A large ensemble secondary cast supports the series' story arcs. Axelrod's aggressive tactics to secure high returns frequently cross over into the illegal-acts that United States Attorney Chuck Rhoades ( Paul Giamatti) attempts to prosecute. The series tells the story of hedge fund manager Bobby Axelrod ( Damian Lewis), as he accumulates wealth and power in the world of high finance.
The series is set primarily in New York and Connecticut. The series premiered on Showtime on January 17, 2016, and has produced six seasons to date. Billions is an American drama television series created by Brian Koppelman, David Levien, and Andrew Ross Sorkin.
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