Boardwalk Empire
2010 | 5 seasons | Crime, Drama
Why it’s a Saturday Special
Audiences rate it highly (8.0/10), it won 2 Emmys and it held its audience for several seasons. A strong pick for the weekend.
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Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
No major critic scores on record yet
- AudiencesStrong
8.0/10 from 1K viewers
- AwardsStrong
3 wins, 0 other nominations — won Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series; won Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series
- Box office & staying powerStrong
5 seasons
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
746K Wikipedia readers in the past year
Where to watch in US
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Cast & crew
Created by Terence Winter
- Steve BuscemiEnoch 'Nucky' Thompson
- Kelly MacdonaldMargaret Thompson
- Michael ShannonNelson Van Alden
- Shea WhighamElias 'Eli' Thompson
- Stephen GrahamAl Capone
- Vincent PiazzaCharles 'Lucky' Luciano
- Michael Kenneth WilliamsAlbert 'Chalky' White
- Paul SparksMieczysław 'Mickey' Doyle
- Gretchen MolGillian Darmody
- Jeffrey WrightValentin Narcisse