2010 · 5 seasons · Crime, Drama, Historical
Boardwalk Empire is Martin Scorsese's HBO prohibition-era epic about Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson, the corrupt treasurer of Atlantic City who becomes a powerful bootlegger during Prohibition. Starring Steve Buscemi and an extraordinary ensemble including Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, and Michael Pitt, the show won multiple Emmy Awards across its 5-season run.
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Boardwalk Empire has 5 seasons and 56 episodes, running from 2010 to 2014.
Boardwalk Empire is based on Nelson Johnson's 2002 book about the real Nucky Johnson, a political boss in Atlantic City. Many of the gangsters depicted — Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, Arnold Rothstein — were real historical figures.
Martin Scorsese directed the pilot episode and executive produced the series. Subsequent episodes were directed by other acclaimed directors including Tim Van Patten and Ed Bianchi.
Both are HBO crime dramas created by Terence Winter (who wrote for The Sopranos). Boardwalk Empire has a larger cast and more historical sweep, while The Sopranos is more psychologically focused.