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Boardwalk Empire Season 5 is Official!

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Grab the nearest floozy and celebrate!  We weren’t expecting the show to be cancelled any time soon but it’s great to have it in writing.  Boardwalk Empire Season 5 is official!  Expect it to premiere in Fall of 2014.  Now get back to watching season four, ya wise-guy.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26, 2013 – Following the hit series’ fourth-season debut on Sept. 8, HBO has renewed BOARDWALK EMPIRE for a fifth season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming.

“Thanks to Terry Winter, Martin Scorsese, Tim Van Patten, Howard Korder and their stellar team, BOARDWALK EMPIRE remains in a class by itself,” said Lombardo.  “I look forward to another electrifying season of this impeccably crafted series.”

From Terence Winter, Emmy-winning writer of “The Sopranos” and Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, BOARDWALK EMPIRE is set in the 1920s during Prohibition, and chronicles the life and times of Enoch “Nucky” Thompson, the undisputed leader of Atlantic City.

Among the early critical raves for the new season of BOARDWALK EMPIRE, New York’s Daily News declared that the series “remains must-see television drama,” whilePeople called it “terrific” and a “gripping spectacle.” The Chicago Tribune hailed the show’s “achingly good performances,” and Variety termed it “one of TV’s most compelling dramas.”

BOARDWALK EMPIRE continues to be one of HBO’s most-watched original programs, with an average gross audience of 7.5 million viewers this season.

The series recently received five Emmy Awards, the most of any series in the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards competition, including Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Bobby Cannavale); Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series; Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series; Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour); and Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series.

In 2012, the show received four Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Tim Van Patten). In 2011, the series led all programming with eight Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Martin Scorsese). In Jan. 2011, BOARDWALK EMPIRE received two Golden Globe Awards, for Best Television Series – Drama and Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama (Steve Buscemi).

For more on the series, visit Facebook.com/BoardwalkEmpire and Twitter @BoardwalkEmpire #BoardwalkEmpire.

Season four credits: Created by Terence Winter, BOARDWALK EMPIRE is executive produced by Terence Winter, Martin Scorsese, Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Tim Van Patten and Howard Korder; co-executive producers, Eugene Kelly and Eric Overmyer; consulting producer, Dennis Lehane; producers, Joseph Iberti and Rick Yorn.

No one knows if season 5 will be the show’s last or when the exact premiere date will be. We expect it to premiere in September of 2014 if things remain on track as they have the past few seasons.  As to a possible season six after that we’ll just have to wait for word from HBO.  Ratings have been holding steady if not then a bit down this season.  But between epic Sunday night NFL games, Homeland and other Sunday programming it’s fairly understandable.  Boardwalk Empire is one of HBO’s most popular, award winning programs and we hope to see it return for many a season.  For what it’s worth Winter (the show’s creator) hoped for 6 seasons back in 2012.

As always we’ll keep you informed on the fate of the Boardwalk.

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59 comments

mike connor October 27, 2014 - 7:41 am

Decent season and finale. Not stupid like Sporanos, not spectacular like Six Feet Under. Solid series overall. Let’s hope HBO has more winners. The Leftovers is boring and full of stupid people I don’t care about. I gave it a season, but I won’t be watching it any further.

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GameTime June 29, 2014 - 8:46 am

I’v devastated Richard was killed off and will no longer be on the show. Jack Huston was terrific in that character and he will be sorely missed this next, and last, season. Jack Huston, please come back and do something else for us!

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borninmombasa June 28, 2014 - 4:59 pm

what Sunday does season 5 begin?

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Big Fan :) May 2, 2014 - 1:23 am

SEASON 5 ISNT ENOUGH!!!! Prepare already sear 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,(…),124523 and season 124524 pls :)

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Val April 1, 2014 - 9:32 am

Love watching Boardwalk Empire, it certainly provides great entertainment of my family. The characters are great and the plot always keep the viewers wanting more. Great selection of actors. Patiently awaiting the great return to HBO with a new season; I look forward to even more seasons in the future. Wish the creation of the series did not take so long!

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Brendon March 5, 2014 - 3:33 pm

Show is amazing!!

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Sofie Tonoyan March 3, 2014 - 11:28 pm

PLEASE DO NOT END THIS SHOW!!!! WHY DOES HBO END SHOW’S THAT ARE SO WORTH WATCHING, WHY???????

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wisbang January 29, 2014 - 9:22 pm

If it is canceled, I will turn off HBO most shows are very old. Hell some shows are So Old That You can see bag phones. I hate to pay for HBO that has 70s and 80s shows.

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Martin Anthony Patrick January 4, 2014 - 9:44 am

It BETTER Not fucking get Cancelled if True blood is still going that Bullshit would not make sence boardwalk empire has so much potential to tell the story of al capone charlie lucky luciano meyer lansky all the original gangsters keep it coming HBO

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Max January 21, 2014 - 1:04 am

5th season they say its last QQ
so seems they wil not go with the stories of capone ,lucky and others….

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Lindieclemons January 3, 2014 - 7:31 pm

I am a big fan of BE. I will definitely miss Richard and wish that he could have stayed on longer. It was, though, a beautiful ending for him. RIP, Richard.

Please work on Nucky’s lines. Some come across as goof, unbelievable from such a power player. And work on Sally. Unlike others, she comes across as acting. Not as believable as Margaret who is great.

In spite of my few complaints I love the show.

Drawn to show this season when I heard that Jeffrey Wright was joining the cast. I watched the past 3 seasons in about 2 weeks.

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Sofie Tonoyan March 3, 2014 - 11:27 pm

Regarding your comments on Nucky’s lines and Sally, I couldn’t have said it better. You literally took the words out of my mouth. Bravo.

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Karen Bynum December 31, 2013 - 9:16 am

The best drama series ever!

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Michelle D. May 3, 2014 - 4:23 pm

Outstanding…Simply Outstanding!

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Vinnie A. December 30, 2013 - 12:41 pm

Boardwalk Empire is a great series, and I hope it continues. Ditto for VEEP

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EGarland December 29, 2013 - 4:10 pm

This show is one of the very best. Looking forward to the next season.

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Jeje625 December 22, 2013 - 1:00 pm

Thanks HBO for making best series!!! Boardwalk Empire is one of my favourite!!!!

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Gabby Lucero Garza December 4, 2013 - 11:56 pm

HBO I LUV THIS SERIES..I COULD WATCH IT OVER AND OVER ..CANT WAIT FOR SESSON 5,6,7,8,9….@ so on…the best show ever!!

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Thomas Joseph December 1, 2013 - 4:22 pm

12 episodes and then wait until next year? That is unbelievably weak. I have honestly been on the verge of dumping my paid movie channels in favor of basic plus netflix, and I think this seals the deal. HBO, you s u c k !

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Pablo Garcia November 27, 2013 - 10:00 pm

I was sorry to watch Richard go but, plotwise, there was no other way around. It was sad but beautifully done. Boardwalk Empire has made the short list of my all time favourites, along The Sopranos and Rome. It’s going to be a loooong wait till season 5!!!

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Thomas Joseph December 1, 2013 - 4:26 pm

“there was no other way around”

Fortunately, you are not a creative writer. I’m OK with it, but there were a myriad of options on story direction. You are quite right about the wait though, and I think its a deal killer for me. Screw hbo!

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Pablo Garcia December 1, 2013 - 6:05 pm

But wouldn’t you agree that a tragic character like Richard winding up happily married and living a dream life would be totally out of tune with the storyline? How else would you go about it? BTW, your comments regarding my shortcomings as a creative writer are nothing but true! Cheers!

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nikkihunter November 26, 2013 - 7:33 pm

I just watched the Season 4 finale, I so wanted Narcisse to get shot,I would have felt a little more satisfied with that. Glad Chalky is alive, I just absolutely love his character,he has come up the hard way, and now can live the good life with a beautiful home,smart children, and I love the way he dresses. I’m glad to see Gillian is in jail and Jimmy’s body has proven her guilty.I feel bad that Harrow will not be able to finally experience a normal life with a wife and child in a safe environment. Now that the season is over, I have to look forward to, Game of Thrones and wait for Season 5 of Boardwalk. Till then……

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Lindieclemons January 31, 2014 - 8:14 pm

Oh, no, Narcisse needs to live on. He adds much depth to BE. I don’t know how they’ll keep Chalky and Narcisse alive but the writers have to.

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southvalley June 1, 2014 - 7:32 am

I felt sorry for Gillian she’s had a tough life used by men throughout the whole of it.
Yeah she said it “Why do men get away with it all?”
I just knew something was off about her beau, from the start, who turned out to be a Pinkerton

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Sean Kavanaugh November 25, 2013 - 7:57 pm

Harrow didn’t have to die, Terrence Winter had a deep and beautiful character in Richard and because he was no longer useful as an assassin, the writers had to kill him. Richard could have went back out west, lived his life, healed himself a little and he then be brought back to AC in a later season for the defense of some other noble cause (or even to defend Nucky which would have been plausible). The guy was a killer, but for all the killing this series has, at least Harrow did it as a soldier fighting for others (Tommy). He was the only really mysterious character the show had and in the span of 10 minutes, he kills the innocent daughter of a friend and dies himself. WASTE of an EXCELLENT character…
Terence, I hope you read this, you made a terrible call here and you’ve weakened the cast.

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Cian Gaffney November 25, 2013 - 8:04 pm

Waste of an excellent character? Opinions are opinions, but Richard Harrow was certainly not wasted in any shape or form. He died just like Jimmy did. “He fought, he lost.”

Yes, Harrow could have gone to live with Tommy and co. and been written out of the show, but it’s more poetic and makes more thematic sense this way. Also, as a sidenote, the suggestion that he could come back and defend Nucky is slightly ridiculous; his slaughter scene in Gillian’s mansion last season, while brilliant, was over the top, and repetitions of said scene would damage the plausibility of the show overall.

So, all in all, it’s fine to be upset with Richard’s death (we all are), but you should check out in interviews why Winter chose to end him this way. He puts his point across perfectly.

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Sean Kavanaugh November 26, 2013 - 10:35 am

If poetry and theme are why you watch Boardwalk, great, that’s your angle, not mine. I like the show because it portrays how people got by on their grit and cunning in a difficult time in a city that I know very well. I’m not looking for poetry.

Second, Nucky survives on making deals with people to his advantage. Richard came to him wanting Tommy’s safety and offering his talent for killing in return. So, Terence could find a way to thread Richard back into the fray with some unforseen future request of Nucky’s that would also bring some benefit to Richard as well. Its a perfectly plausible angle.

Finally, I’ve read Winter’s reasons killing Richard and I just don’t think Richard needed to die because of his past sins (as Winters contends in interviews (Winters:”You don’t make those choices and pull the trigger that many times and
get to walk away and die in bed”)… Why? Sometimes people go through tragedy, emerge, and just have a life after that. That is actually more of a reality than someone having to die because they did bad things. If Winter’s explanation satisfies you great, it doesn’t satisfy me (or a lot of others judging by postings).

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Jacob Klein November 26, 2013 - 2:03 pm

Obviously it can go either way. You can get away with some things or you pay for them. But I think what he’s saying is: The more bad shit you do the more LIKELY it is that one of those decisions will come back to bite you. Tough to argue with that as you just increase the odds of revenge, the law catching up with you, karma (if you believe in that), etc

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southvalley June 1, 2014 - 7:36 am

I know of a bunch of politicians and others who are “walking away.
Besides, cleaning up that awful Gyp was a civic act in my mind. the guy thought he was in the Wild West or something

sam deeznutts July 24, 2014 - 5:24 pm

Christ….stop crying about it.
Opinions are like assholes: everybody has one.
You think u can write a better story than Mr Winters? Trust me, you can’t. Let it go.
Maybe Mr Harrow is getting too many movie roles and can’t do the show anymore(american hustle). Gyp Rosetti was an awsome character too, but he had to die.
Happy endings are for SITCOMS not drama.
Look at Walter White and Nicholas Brody…

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Sean Kavanaugh July 25, 2014 - 12:19 pm

@SamDouchebag. Harrow’s movie roles have nothing to do with Winters’ writing. Since you cant read let me use smaller words to make the point you missed. Killing a character because they have a change of conscience is bad writing.

Jacob Klein November 26, 2013 - 2:11 pm

I feel your pain but I was sort of expecting him to die. HE COULD have repeated the “go home and then come back and kill everyone for a good cause” but he’s already done that twice now. I do think the cast has lost a couple of good characters this season and Jimmy’s death still makes the show a little dimmer since S2. So I hope they introduce a few new big timers that can fill that void. We need at least one good guy and I don’t know if Van Alden really counts haha.

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GameTime June 29, 2014 - 8:53 am

The show is a tragedy. Almost all the characters are terribly flawed. Its what keeps us watching.

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JD November 25, 2013 - 11:30 am

You can watch “House of cards” S1 in the meantime, trust me, you will not regret.

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João November 25, 2013 - 10:57 am

I love season 4 can’t wait to see S5

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Shelly November 25, 2013 - 7:27 am

The wait is going to kill me, I’m very sad to see Harrow go. He’s a great character and an underlying storyline of what are soldiers still deal with today. Can’t wait to see how they explain Nucky walking away from the Fed’s and how Eli going to the Capone’s is going to turn out. Glad to see Capone’s character will be more main stream in the story line. Waiting to see if they do the St. Valentines day massacre! Waiting until next September is going to be the longest wait ever. Thanks, guys for writing a really, really good show, that makes you keep coming back every season to see what happens.

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Joe November 24, 2013 - 11:20 pm

I love it! Better than Sopranos!!

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Jude November 24, 2013 - 9:05 pm

Haven’t been into a tv series in sooo long but boardwalk has got me hooked. Oh yeah Narceas needs to die I hate his grimeyness.

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Johnld777 November 24, 2013 - 8:48 pm

Just an awesome season, man it’s like having your own time machine seeing and.feeling the 1920’s and American history. Really sorry the way that tortured soul Richard died on the beach despite his horrific PTSD and actions, great actor!

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AMW November 24, 2013 - 8:25 pm

OMG! This season finale was well done – can’t believe we have to wait until Fall 2014…. What will I watch on Sunday night, now?

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kenny November 24, 2013 - 8:21 pm

Man glad yo know there will be a season 5!!!!!! I hated to see sopranos go

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Suzanne Willis November 24, 2013 - 8:11 pm

I love this show Boardwalk Empire and so happy to hear that it will be on again next year in the fall !!!

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Ceasar November 22, 2013 - 3:25 am

Great news! Looking forward to it – just a year of waiting to go :P

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Magnus November 21, 2013 - 3:12 pm

Thank,s HBO. Steve B is my favorite actor. I really love his work. In movies too.

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dennis November 18, 2013 - 11:35 am

it’s awesome, I’m very glad to hear it

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Tiffiny Elise November 13, 2013 - 9:10 pm

Love the show! Its my only reason for paying for HBO

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garry November 8, 2013 - 11:29 am

Your joking…Richard Harrows character is both stunning and mystical. I think you should sit and watch the last episode of series three again. His character adds a clever dimension to this great series much like comic-tragic FBI Nelson who wanders around the periphery of the story like a lost soul. We must maintain the status quo. Great series.

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bob November 4, 2013 - 7:24 am

I’m just praying they kill of richard harrow soon. Can’t stand him

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Bloughmee November 17, 2013 - 7:46 pm

I think you’re outvoted on that one Roberto. We all like Richard.

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pm October 13, 2013 - 4:38 pm

WTF disqus is a joke!

gives an option to post as guest, yet DEMANDS personal details!

sorry but well out of order.

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pm October 13, 2013 - 4:37 pm

Superb news!

Btw – surely this is a paradox….

Disqus never moderates or censors. The rules on this community are its own.

Your email is safe with us. It’s only used for moderation and optional notifications.

… In other words they say they do not moderate – but then say they need your email to moderate! Kind of makes the first statement a lie!!!

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Jacob Klein October 13, 2013 - 5:25 pm

Not sure I really understand the complaint. Disqus doesn’t have an option for just “TYPE AWAY!”. That would be a little too easy for spam bots, I think. Honestly you can just make up an email address for all I care. I don’t spam people’s address (not even sure I can see them honestly) and neither will Disqus so I think you’re safe whether you believe it or not.

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Crazy Tony February 25, 2014 - 1:36 pm

First Jimmy, then Richard Harrow. I am a war Veteran and once knew a survivor of WWI. my Dad was a WW.II. Veteran and I a Vietnam Vet. It seems that no one cares about giving a Veteran of war a break, in real life and in the show. they made the show interesting. Dr. Narcisse is BORING,DULL and adds NOTHING to the show or the ERA.
I suppose agent Nelson will die next he is the last interesting character. This could have been a SUPER SERIES played out for 12 years. There are 33 of us on my job who subscribe to HBO every year at that time JUST for BOARDWALK EMPIRE. NOdoubt we will all pick boring show time now.

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SerTahu September 26, 2013 - 4:46 pm

Despite my dislike for the show I kind of expected this. I think it is going to stay around until one of HBO’s many series that are in development is ready, at which point it will end and be replaced. Westworld might end up being a good replacement for it… or possibly The Dark Tower (a man can dream :P)

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Tex November 11, 2013 - 1:06 pm

You clearly have awful taste in TV, go watch Cougar Town.

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rickinmo November 22, 2013 - 1:11 pm

Surely, you must be joking. Boardwalk has an enormous following. You can’t honestly think people watch it because there is nothing else on. Homeland, another great TV drama, is on at the same time. I watch them both thanks to the ability to record one and watch the other. If not for the ability to record, I would be torn between two great shows. Thankfully, this isn’t the 1960’s when the technology didn’t exist and you only had one chance to see your favorite shows.

My wife doesn’t like Boardwalk but, that’s because she doesn’t care for gangster type drama. That’s understandable but, she doesn’t deny it’s a great show with great acting for those of us who love the genre.

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al November 24, 2013 - 6:59 am

dream on sausage jockey fckn deauchebag

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VL Vanderveer September 26, 2013 - 2:05 pm

Awesome news!

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