Billions Season 4 premiere opens with tribute to Bethenny Frankel's late ...

Showtime aired the Season 4 premiere of the hit drama series Billions on Sunday night, which was dedicated to the late Dennis Shields, the boyfriend of Real Housewives of New Jersey star Bethenny Frankel.

The ending title card read, 'In memory of Dennis Shields,' with Billions series co-creator Brian Koppelman tweeting on Sunday night, 'Dedicated to Dennis Shields, our brother.'

Frankel took to Twitter herself, responding to a fan who told her that the Season 4 premiere was dedicated to Shields, who was found dead at 51 in his Trump Tower apartment after a suspected overdose.

Dedication: The Season 4 premiere of Billions was dedicated to Bethenny Frankel's late boyfriend Dennis Shields, who passed away from an overdose (as they are pictured together in June 2016)

Dedication: The Season 4 premiere of Billions was dedicated to Bethenny Frankel's late boyfriend Dennis Shields, who passed away from an overdose (as they are pictured together in June 2016)

In memory: The ending title card read, 'In memory of Dennis Shields,' with Billions series co-creator Brian Koppelman tweeting on Sunday night, 'Dedicated to Dennis Shields, our brother'

In memory: The ending title card read, 'In memory of Dennis Shields,' with Billions series co-creator Brian Koppelman tweeting on Sunday night, 'Dedicated to Dennis Shields, our brother'

'Yes. We are all connected and have a long history. He really is missed and touched so many people's lives,' Frankel said.

Shields passed away in August, with Frankel revealing on this current season of Real Housewives of New York that Shields had actually proposed.

'He proposed on April 25… I didn't tell anybody that,' Frankel said in a preview for the upcoming episode, which airs March 20.

'We had our own private engagement

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