'Boardwalk' draws 3 million for season finale

The 2nd-season finale of "Boardwalk Empire" came 3 million audiences Sunday evening, on componen using the first-season closer. Cinemax skein also came 834,000 for any repeat showing later at night to create the entire to three.8 million. Pay cabler has restored the Atlantic City-set Prohibition drama for any third season and also the Terrence Winter-produced skein looks to become a longtime player for Cinemax. At 10 p.m. rigtht after "Boardwalk Empire" would be a sneak preview from the David Milch-written horseracing drama "Luck." Set at Santa Anita Park and starring, among many, Dustin Hoffman, Denis Farina and John Ortiz, the pilot received 1.a million. The state regular season starts Jan. 29. The 1.a million was beneath the 3 million who updated directly into begin to see the season finale of Milch's last show for Cinemax, "John From Cincinnati," but that series had the advantage of series-ending episode of "The Sopranos" if this first showed in 2007. Sunday would be a busy evening for other cablers too. A&E offered two hrs from the Stephen King miniseries "Bag of Bones," which introduced in 3.3 million audiences. Showtime went the penultimate episodes of year for "Dexter" (1.9 million) and "Homeland" (1.3 million). Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com