joining me today on studio 1.0, showtime's new ceo, david nevins. thank you so much for joining us today. great to have you. david: thank you for coming. emily: so, billions. what was it about this showed that made you think it could be a hit? david: it is a world that hasn't been explored so much on television. this show touches on all of our feelings about wealth and class, which is a hard subject in america. it is very much in the zeitgeist and it deals with all of our complicated issues with the super wealthy. emily: you launched "homeland" and "the affair." sex." s of when it comes to spotting a hit, is it all art? david: there is not a ton of science. first of all, it is some combination of who are you betting on? instincts about people, instincts about creators and the actors who will be able to grow and create a role. good writing is at the core of it all. it is a good script that it's a good actor which gets a good director which makes for a compelling show. and it has some sense for feeling where the culture is right now. what people will s

you know david nevin's well, at what point do we know if it was worth it? >> we should start to know early next year. reed hastings has said that netflix will deliver material profits starting in 2017. there are profitable in the u.s., but if the growth does not keep up overseas, or if currency markets hurt them, we might not to the profits next year that they had forecasted. one thing that i thought was interesting that they pointed and one reason, why the growth outside the u.s. might not be as fast as people want, that they expanded to 130 new countries in january. onlyhe most part, they are appealing to people who can speak english and have international credit cards, which means they cannot add on most of the local speakers. emily: just in time for netflix's earnings call, amazon decides to announce a standalone video service. be, an amazond to prime number -- you had to be an amazon prime member, now it only costs a few dollars more to do the whole shebang. how does this change the competitive landscape for netflix? >> netflix is the target for everyb

joining me today on studio 1.0, showtime's new ceo, david nevins.o much for joining us today.