…well, not Omar, but Michael Kenneth Williams, who played one of my all-time favorite television characters in HBO’s The Wire. This time, Williams will play Chalky White, described as “the de facto mayor of Atlantic City’s African-American community,” in HBO’s new series, Boardwalk Empire.

I already was sold on that series before I got this news. Steve Buscemi has the lead role, that of a political boss and rum-runner in Depression-era Atlantic City; Martin Scorcese is one of the executive producers and will direct some episodes; others in the cast include Gretchen Mol (recently in the American version of Life On Mars) and Dabney Coleman. But Buscemi and Omar? I’m there, and it’s great to see another good-looking HB0 series. This one opens Sept. 19.

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