<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Official website </Td> </Tr> <P> Vinyl is an American period drama television series created by Mick Jagger, Martin Scorsese, Rich Cohen and Terence Winter . The series stars Bobby Cannavale as Richie Finestra, a record executive in the 1970s . It premiered on HBO on February 14, 2016, and concluded on April 17, 2016 . </P> <P> From a teleplay by Winter and George Mastras, and story by Cohen, Jagger, Scorsese and Winter, the pilot episode is directed by Scorsese . The first season consisted of ten episodes . Scorsese had hoped to direct further episodes of the series . Winter left his position as showrunner at the end of the first season due to creative differences, leaving the position to Scott Z . Burns . </P>

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