Vinyl showrunner terence winter exits hbo series over creative differences

Terence Winter, showrunner, co-creator, and executive producer, has been let go from the HBO series over creative differences.

Deadline reports that the Winter will be replaced by Scott Z. Burns as showrunner and executive producer, and Max Borenstein will also join Vinyl as an executive producer.

“As we head into the second season of ‘Vinyl,’ we have decided it is an appropriate time to make a change in the creative direction of the show,” HBO said in a statement to Deadline. “We have enjoyed a longtime partnership with Terry Winter at HBO on projects from ‘The Sopranos’ to ‘Boardwalk Empire’ to ‘Vinyl,’ and we look forward to our next collaboration with him. We are pleased to welcome Scott Z. Burns, executive producer and showrunner, and Max Borenstein, executive producer, as the new team helming the show.”