Showtime Sets ‘Billions’ Return Date

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Showtime will premiere the fourth season of its drama series Billions on March 17, the network announced Wednesday.

The series, which stars Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis, averaged five million weekly viewers across platforms during its third season, according to the network. In season four, former rivals Giamatti and Lewis come together to form an uneasy but highly effective alliance aimed at eradicating all of their rivals, according to the network.

Billions was created by created by Andrew Ross Sorkin, as well as created and executive produced by showrunners Brian Koppelman and David Levien. 

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.