Vinyl is an exciting new drama series that explores the drug- and- sex fueled music business of the 1970s, played out through the story of a NYC record executive trying to revive his label and keep his personal life from spiraling out of control. A dizzying ride through America's music-business landscape at the dawn of punk, disco, and hip-hop, the story is seen through the eyes of Richie Finestra (Bobby Cannavale, Emmy winner for Boardwalk Empire), a major-label executive with a dark past and darker present. With his company, American Century Records, facing a number of client crises, and with his A&R team having trouble landing important new acts, Richie, newly sober after years of drug and alcohol abuse, looks to sell his label to a West German conglomerate. But the deal ends up being overshadowed by a front-page scandal involving the murder of a sleazy Long Island radio-company owner, a crime in with Richie was directly involved. Facing jail time, not to mention the loss of his dis