Sitting between HBO’s crime darling The Sopranos and fan-favorite period drama Peaky Blinders is a perfect marriage of the two shows inBoardwalk Empire. The brainchild of Sopranos writer and executive producer Terence Winter, the series also features Steve Buscemi— who appeared in and directed episodes of The Sopranos — as Atlantic County Treasurer Enoch "Nucky" Thompson. With a pilot reportedly costing around $18 million and directed by Martin Scorsese, Boardwalk Empire has its own charm and scale, from its adaptation of real-life mafia criminals to featuring early breakout roles from some of television's biggest names, such as Stephen Graham, Charlie Cox, and Bobby Cannavale.