Boardwalk Empire

Boardwalk Empire is a US television series that revolve around the political figure Enoch “Nucky” Thompson who rose to popularity and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey during the Prohibition period of the 1920s and 1930s. Stars Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Stuhlbarg, Stephen Graham, Vincent Piazza, Paz de la Huerta, Michael Kenneth Williams, Anthony Laciura, Paul Sparks, Dabney Coleman, and Jack Huston. The show received numerous awards and nominations from different award giving bodies today. 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.