Ikhonkco laseMelika HBO ilungiselela unyaka ozayo uthotho olutsha oluya kusekelwe kwihlabathi le-rock kunye ne-rock kwi-1970 eNew York, kwaye akayi kuba nomnye ngaphandle kukaMartin Scorsese noMick Jagger njengabavelisi kunye nomlawuli ophumelele iimbasa ezininzi uTerence Winter, umdali weBoardwalk Empire. NgoLwesibini odlulileyo (2) i-HBO yenze isibhengezo esisemthethweni sokukhanya okuluhlaza kolu chungechunge, oluya kuba noBusika, otyunjelwe i-Oscar njengombhali wefilimu ye-Scorsese ka-2013 iWolf yaseWall Street, njengombhali wesikrini kolu thotho, ukongeza imveliso yesigqeba ecaleni Scorsese kunye Jagger.
Ibali liya kuthatha iNew York ka-1977 njengendawo yokuseta, ebonakaliswa kubomi be URichie FinestraI-Charismatic talent scout, intloko yeCandelo leeGcisa kunye neRepertoire (A&R) yeleyibhile yoMculo weNkulungwane yaseMelika. Olu ngcelele luya kukhumbula ixesha apho umculo we-rock kunye ne-disco wawungqubana. I-protagonist yayo, u-Richie, uphila ixesha elimnandi elimthatha ukuba ligqithise, lincedwa kukusetyenziswa kweziyobisi.
Uchungechunge olutsha luya kudlala umdlali UBobby Cannavale njengomphathi womculo uRichie Finestra, u-Olivia Wilde njengomfazi wakhe, owayesakuba yimodeli, kunye noRay Romano njengomlawuli westudio sokurekhoda. UJames Jagger, unyana wemvumi eyaziwayo, uya kudlala imvumi kwiqela le-punk kunye nomdlali ohlekisayo u-Andrew Dice Clay uya kuba likhoboka le-cocaine elingumnikazi wekhonkco lezikhululo zikanomathotholo.