What is Boardwalk Empire?
{{italic title}} [[File:Boardwalk Empire logo 2010.jpg|thumb|''Boardwalk Empire'' logo]] '''''Boardwalk Empire''''' is an American television show. It was created by [[Terrence Winter]], who also created ''[[The Sopranos]]''. This television show is based on the novel ''Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and the Corruption in Atlantic City'' from Nelson Johnson. The show started on [[HBO]] on September 19, 2010. It has been running for three seasons, with a total of 36 episodes. A fourth season will start showing in the second half of 2013. On September 26, 2013, HBO announced that they were renewing the show for a fifth and final season starting in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/01/09/boardwalk-empire-to-end-this-year-with-final-season/|access-date=2014-05-10|title='Boardwalk Empire' to end this year with final season|publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|archive-date=2014-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010070220/http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/01/09/boardwalk-empire-to-end-this-year-with-final-season/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The producer is [[Mark Walhberg]], who also produced the show ''[[Entourage (TV series)|Entourage]]''. The show is about one of the first [[boardwalk]]s in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]] and the rise to power of legendary notorious gangsters like [[Al Capone]], [[Lucky Luciano]] and [[Nucky Johnson]] (called Nucky Thompson here). The first episode was produced for US$18 million. ''Boardwalk Empire'' has been nominated for 30 [[Emmy Award]]s and has won 12 of them. It has also won the [[Golden Globe Award]] for best drama TV series. The series was in the top 30 to have ever played on national television. Some of the events of this show have a historical meaning like the [[Saint Valentine's Day Massacre]]. Most of the characters are based on real persons. ==Story== The story takes place in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], during the [[Prohibition Era]] in the 1920s. It is about the life of main character Nucky Thompson. Thompson was a poli