The confirmed debut date for the new HBO drama series BOARDWALK EMPIRE is SUNDAY, SEPT. 19 at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT).

From Terence Winter, Emmy® Award-winning writer of “The Sopranos,” and Academy® Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, BOARDWALK EMPIRE is set in Atlantic

City at the dawn of Prohibition, when the sale of alcohol became illegal throughout the United States.

The cast of BOARDWALK EMPIRE includes:  Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Dabney Coleman, Shea Whigham, Anthony Laciura, Stephen Graham, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Stuhlbarg, Vincent Piazza, Paz de la Huerta, Paul Sparks, Michael Kenneth Williams and Gretchen Mol.

Created by Terence Winter, BOARDWALK  EMPIRE is executive produced by Terence Winter, Martin Scorsese, Tim Van Patten, Stephen Levinson and Mark Wahlberg.  Gene Kelly is co-executive producer; Rudd Simmons is producer.  Directed by Martin Scorsese, Tim Van Patten, Jeremy Podeswa, Alan Taylor and Allen Coulter.  The series is written by Terence Winter, Lawrence Konner, Howard Korder, Tim Van Patten, Paul Simms, Margaret Nagle, Steve Kornacki and Meg Jackson.