Check It. Boardwalk Empire.

HBO's Boardwalk Empire premiered last night, and it was a beautiful hour and fifteen minutes. The episode was directed by Martin Scorsese, but was mainly just setup for the season. We meet Lucky Luciano and Al Capone, as well as Steve Buscemi's Nucky Thompson. Buscemi, who directed some Sopranos episodes, is as great as ever on the small screen (although, "it's not TV").

The show airs Sunday nights at 9:00 p.m. on HBO, and encores at 10:15 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. If you have HBO East on the West coast, check for showtimes three hours earlier as well.

-- Leslie Anne Wiggins

Photo credit: HBO