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Anthony Bourdain Hired as Treme Writer

Culinary/travel badass Anthony Bourdain was recently recruited to write one of the many complex, intertwining plot lines on David Simon’s Treme. The host of the popular Travel Channel show No Reservations was a consultant for a few details of the show’s first season. For the second season, Bourdain will be writing a thread of the show focused on a woman in New Orleans, struggling to keep her small but acclaimed restaurant going during the wake of Hurricane Katrina....  read more

Baltimore Police Commissioner Criticizes The Wire, David Simon Retorts

The Wire has been hailed as one of the greatest TV shows of the decade by myriad critics. It is a triumphant drama that tells the story of a broken system, a decaying city,and the fight for the American Dream. However, not everyone is in love with The Wire—particularly the Police Commissioner of Baltimore, the city that provides the setting for the show....  read more

2010 Person of the Year in TV: David Simon

For creating the wonder of Treme and assembling the stellar talents of Melissa Leo, Kim Dickens, John Goodman, Wendell Pierece, and so many other greats to bring it to life, David Simon is Paste’s 2010 Person of the Year for TV.  read more

Why isn't Treme Nominated for Any Music Emmys?

Good question, right?...  read more

HBO Renews Tremé After One Episode

HBO certainly didn’t waste any time on its latest decision. After airing just one episode of The Wire creator David Simon’s latest endeavor, Tremé, the network went ahead and reserved a second season spot for the show....  read more

High Definition: Tremé Hits the Right Notes

Before the flood, I’d only spent a day in New Orleans. My friend Stephanie was working with Desire Street Ministries, and she showed me where she lived and worked in the 8th and 9th Wards. It was the best and worst of America in one place. It was the week of Mardi Gras, and I saw communities readying their immaculate floats among the stark poverty of the city’s toughest neighborhoods. The grandness of the funeral processions was only matched by their sobering frequency, as the children she worked with grew accustomed to sounds of gunfire at a young age....  read more

Watch the New (And Improved!) Trailer for David Simon's Treme

We’ve been anxious to see what David Simon (the man behind The Wire) will bring to our TV screens with his new post-Katrina, Louisiana-based series, Treme. The show is set to premiere on April 11, and now (via The Village Voice), we have a better trailer. (This one actually has people in it! People like John Goodman!) Have a look below....  read more

David Simon's Treme Gets April 11 Premiere Date, Trailer

Writer David Simon wants to make this clear: His new HBO drama, Treme, is not another version of The Wire. (Also, “Treme” doesn’t rhyme with “theme”—the show is named for the musically historic area of New Orleans and is pronounced “truh-MAY.”) The show is scheduled to kick off on April 11, and now has a trailer, which you can watch below. But don’t expect to learn too much about the actual plot or premise. In fact, to quote The Onion’s A.V. Club, where we came across the clip, you should “Check out the Treme trailer to learn nothing about Treme.”...  read more

The 15 Best Davids

David is a Hebrew name that means “beloved.” These Davids are surely beloved:...  read more

New Orleans Gets Wired: David Simon Turns His Sights on the Big Easy

On a late spring day in the early 1990s, a Baltimore Sun reporter named David Simon wandered into the now-defunct Funky Butt jazz club on North Rampart Street in New Orleans, where Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias were burning through a scorching set of percussive funk. “From the outside, it was like some kind of Tex Avery cartoon,” Simon says, “where the house is dancing and the window shutters are popping out to the beat.”...  read more