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'Boardwalk Empire' Set To Return in September on HBO

The cable station announces a Sunday, Sept. 16, date for the award-winning drama series set in 1920s Atlantic City.

By Jeff Schwachter
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Boardwalk Empire mania will be sparking up this week in relation to the HBO announcement that the award-winning drama series set in 1920s Atlantic City, will return for its third season on Sunday, Sept. 16.

It was initially thought that the third season would not start up again until October, unlike the previous two seasons, which both kicked off in September.

Expect more news and teasers from HBO regarding season three of one the station's most successful shows in the coming weeks.

According to the Hollywood insider publication Variety, HBO "will bring back the 12-episode third season of Boardwalk Empire on Sept. 16 while New Orleans saga Treme is back for 10-episode third season on Sept. 23.

Actor Steve Buscemi has won awards and heavy praise for his depiction of the semi-fictional Atlantic City kingpin Nucky Thompson. So far, the show has taken place in the first years of Prohibition, with each new season starting in the subsequent year.

The show was created by Terence Winter, who also serves as executive producer along with Martin Scorsese, Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg and Tim Van Patten.

Visit the set of season three with Winter in HBO released teaser, where he describes it as a "very exciting season":

Click here to go the AC Weekly 'Boardwalk Empire Notes' page for past stories and Atlantic City history.

 

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