And so the third — and arguably the best — season of Boardwalk Empire comes to a close. Below creator Terence Winter talks to EW about Sunday’s full gangster-style shoot-em’-up closer, reveals which characters survived the bloodbath, and gives plenty of teasers about what to expect in season four.

The first part of the interview is all about last night’s finale, so SPOILERS follow. The second page is all about what we can expect next year (spoiler free, of course).  READ FULL STORY »

No surprise here: HBO is bringing back Boardwalk Empire for a fourth season.

The network announced the show will continue Nucky Thompson’s story in 2013.

Last Sunday’s episode was seen by 2.6 million viewers for its debut airing, though HBO points out the recent third season premiere is up to 7.2 million viewers when all forms of viewing is taken into account. Boardwalk recently received four Emmy awards, though lost the big drama category to Showtime’s Homeland.

Jimmy Darmody may be gone, but the rest of the Boardwalk Empire gang has a return date..

The 12-episode third season of HBO’s Prohibition Era-drama will premiere Sunday, Sept. 16 at 9 p.m. Also set to return: The 10-episode third season of the modestly rated Treme, which gets underway Sunday, Sept. 23 at 10 p.m.

For more on HBO’s Boardwalk plans, check out our mega interview with showrunner Terence Winter about last December’s shocking finale.