Nina Metz: Hollywood says greed is good. Next up — no joke — the ‘Billions’ Cinematic Universe!
The number of newly formed labor unions more than doubled nationwide in 2022. It was the largest one-year increase on record.
Call it a trend. Something in the air. The zeitgeist.
You’d never know it by looking at the shows TV executives have been greenlighting.
As a critic, I keep returning to this single-minded obsession with stories of the very wealthy. I’m only following Hollywood’s lead.
Last week Showtime announced that “Billions,” its drama about hedge fund egomaniacs, will be spawning several spinoffs. The original series may be six seasons in, but narratively it ran out of steam somewhere around Season 3. No matter. Like hedge funders themselves, Showtime wants more. The working titles so far:
—“Billions: Miami” (the jet-setting world of private
