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The Best TV Shows of 2018 – Dec 13, 2018

Billions Makes the List!

by Ben Yakas | The Gothamist | December 13, 2018

In 2016, over 400 television shows were aired or released. In 2018, that number has jumped to at least 555, which we know thanks to this handy spreadsheet made by Liz Shannon Miller. The Netflix-ification of television is truly upon us: the networks have a desperate desire to compete with the streaming giant, and they’re doing so either by throwing every idea against the wall and hoping it finds an audience, or by launching their own streaming services… with limitless capacities for more content.

And television isn’t just exponentially growing with new programming—any show with any sort of core fanbase could be brought back to life as a reboot (Murphy Brown, Charmed, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), spin-off (The Connors, Young Sheldon), or whatever hybrid monstronsity Kevin Can Wait turned into became before it was mercifully cancelled. There are over 20 more such zombie shows coming in the next year, with unlikely reboots of Conan the Barbarian, Gone Baby Gone and…The Bone Collector? Like the Greyjoys are found of saying: “What Is Dead May Never Die” (also, “Shut Up, Theon”).

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Billions Superlatives: Best, Worst, Most from S3E2 – April 2, 2018

Flat Whites, Avocado Toast, and Literal Helicopter Parents

by Miles Surrey | The Ringer | April 2, 2018

Every week, The Ringer will celebrate the passing of yet another Billions episode by honoring the installment’s best, worst, most, and least. These are your Billions Superlatives.

Axe’s trading license has been frozen—he’s no longer running Axe Capital—and in the second episode of Billions’ third season, “The Wrong Maria Gonzalez,” he has honored this legal mandate and stepped to the sidelines! He’s hanging out with his kids more, eating healthy … oh, forget it, you know I’m kidding. Axe wants to pull $2 billion from Axe Capital to do all sorts of shady shit with it behind the scenes, and you know he’s not attending his sons’ Little League games. And that clusterfuck is just the tip of the IceJuiceBerg this week. Let’s get to it.

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Billions Season 2 Dining Guide – June 2, 2017

Billions Season 2 Dining Guide

by Damianista – Fan Fun With Damian Lewis – June 2, 2017

Source: Showtime

The New York City dining scene, from its special occasion restaurants to yummy hole-in-the-walls, to city institutions and cozy neighborhood joints, make a memorable appearance in Billions season two.

And a big thanks goes out to Brian Koppelman, Billions producer and showrunner, for kindly answering a few of our restaurant related questions on Twitter.

Our dining guide describes each restaurant, denotes which episode it appeared, a picture of the scene, a link to the restaurant’s website, as well as its Yelp review when available.  Bon Appetite!

Source: Showtime

Episode 1: Risk Management

The one with Chuck kicking off the competition for the newly vacated Head of Crim 

Battery Gardens:  Restaurant/bar/beer garden serving American-Continental fare with a view of Statue of Liberty.

1 Battery Place, New York, NY 10004 Yelp Review

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