HBO Doubles Down on Boardwalk Empire

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Two days after the premiere of HBO’s much-anticipated series Boardwalk Empire, the premium network announced it has renewed the Prohibition-era drama for a second season.

After garnering a number of breathless reviews, Boardwalk Empire bowed to 4.8 million viewers Sunday at 9 p.m., making it HBO’s most-watched series premiere since 2004. (Leading out of the third episode of season five of The Sopranos, Deadwood drew 5.79 million viewers on March 21, 2004. By comparison, Big Love opened to 4.56

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