

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Ingrid, a Danish actress favored by Andy Warhol and close friend of Devon.Ray Romano as Zak Yankovich, head of promotions for American Century.Jack Quaid as Clark Morelle, a young A&R executive at American Century.MacKenzie as Skip Fontaine, head of sales for American Century. James Jagger as Kip Stevens, lead singer of Nasty Bits, a proto-punk band.Ato Essandoh as Lester Grimes, a former singer and Richie's ex-colleague.Max Casella as Julian "Julie" Silver, the head of A&R of American Century.Byrne as Scott Leavitt, the head of legal for American Century. Paul Ben-Victor as Maury Gold, a charming, avuncular record company owner.Bobby Cannavale as Richie Finestra, a record executive trying to resurrect his label American Century.
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With his American Century Records on the verge of being sold, a life-altering event rekindles Finestra's professional fire, but it may leave his personal life in ruins. Desperately trying to navigate the changing landscape is American Century Records founder and president Richie Finestra, whose passion for music and discovering talent has gone by the wayside. The music scene in 1970s New York is still awash in sex and drugs, but rock 'n' roll is giving way to an era of punk, disco and hip-hop.
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With limited resources, we didn't think the retooling was worth the producers' time if it would only move the needle a little bit." In October 2018, Scorsese admitted to being heartbroken over the cancellation, describing the decision as "tragic", while also saying that in his opinion, the series would have had a better chance at succeeding if he had been more hands-on with his involvement and directed all episodes. HBO head of programming Casey Bloys said of the decision, "It didn't land. However, on June 22, 2016, HBO reversed that decision and cancelled the series. HBO announced the renewal of Vinyl for a second season on February 18, 2016, soon after the pilot episode premiered. Winter left his position as showrunner at the end of the first season due to creative differences, leaving the position to Scott Z. Scorsese had hoped to direct further episodes of the series. The first season consisted of ten episodes. It premiered on HBO on February 14, 2016, and concluded on April 17, 2016.įrom a teleplay by Winter and George Mastras, and story by Cohen, Jagger, Scorsese and Winter, the pilot episode was directed by Scorsese. The series stars Bobby Cannavale as Richie Finestra, a record executive in the 1970s.

Vinyl is an American period drama television series created by Mick Jagger, Martin Scorsese, Rich Cohen and Terence Winter.
