"Boardwalk Empire"
HBO’s newest series "Boardwalk Empire" premiered Sunday night.
The gangster saga, centered around a corrupt Atlantic City in the 1920s, features stars Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald and Michael Pitt and is based on historic figures like Al Capone and Enoch "Nucky" Thompson.
The series was created by Terence Winter, producer of HBO hit "The Sopranos," and produced by Martin Scorsese, producer of films "Goodfellas" and "The Departed."
Needless to say, the show has had a lot of hype and has incredibly high expecations to live up to with such influential names involved in the project.
The "Godfather"-like feel of the show’s previews manages to make audiences excited about a series that deals with the history of prohibition and the real story behind immigrants attempting to achieve "the American dream."
Though HBO has continued to have success with its Orginial Series installments, the channel has failed to create something as epic and genre-breaking since "The Sopranos."
But with the scandalous gangster lifestyles, sex and murder "Boardwalk Empire" promises, this just might be it.
- Mackenzie Mays, Associate A&E Editor

"The Event"
With "Lost" managing to keep the interest of millions of people for six seasons, it’s only natural the networks have repeatedly attempted to capture some of that audience.
While even "Lost’s" own network, ABC, has stumbled to recreate that success, it hasn’t kept the networks from trying.
NBC, now without its own serial show "Heroes," attempts to launch a new conspiracy show, "The Event."
The series revolves around ordinary Sean Walker (Jason Ritter), whose fiance has mysteriously disappeared. He decides to investigate, uncovering deeper mysteries as he goes along.
Like many of these "event" shows, the world could be in a crisis if lines of convergence and fate prohibit them from banding together and uncovering deeper mysteries.
If this show wants to succeed, it needs to be about its characters and less about the mystery.
"Lost" answered only the questions it wanted to, allowing the characters to stumble upon answers but placed the emphasis on their struggle.
"The Event," it would seem, appears to do the opposite. "Flash Forward," the ABC flop that tried to feed off "Lost"-style connections, fizzled because it had no idea what it was doing beyond its original idea (mysterious blackouts).
"The Event," from the materials available (and its less-than-subtle title), looks like it will suffer the same fate.
Nothing’s worse than a show with a long vision ending before getting to know all the answers.
With NBC’s track record and the finicky nature of the genre, give this show a miss.
- David Ryan, A&E Editor

"Hawaii Five-0"
CBS will be rebooting one of its oldest series tonight in the form of "Hawaii Five-0."
Continuing the trend of the older show "Hawaii Five-O," (one uses a zero, the other the letter "O") the reboot will feature Detective Steve McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin), an ex-Navy SEAL, as he solves crimes around the islands of Hawaii.
O’Loughlin is best known for his role in the Jennifer Lopez film "The Back-up Plan."
Joining O’Loughlin’s investigative team will be Scott Caan as Detective Danny "Danno" Williams, Daniel Dae Kim, as Detective Chin Ho Kelley and Grace Park as Detective Kono Kalakaua.
The character of Kono was a male character, Zulu, originally played by Gilbert Kauhi, so the casting of female Park in the role is a large retooling.
Other elements have stayed in the same vein – including the main theme and the popular line "Book ’em, Danno."
The show will also feature several throwbacks to the original show, such as McGarrett working on restoring the original show’s Mercury Marquis.
The first episode of the show was written by executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, who are co-creators, along with J.J. Abrams, of the Fox show Fringe and writers of blockbuster films like "Transformers" and "Star Trek."
"Hawaii Five-0" will be joining a large amount of detective shows already on the air, a genre that may be running out of steam.
Watch it if you don’t already have a detective show, otherwise skip it.