Treme is an American television drama series created by David Simon and Eric Overmyer. Treme is a neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. The series takes place three months after Hurricane Katrina where the residents of New Orleans, including musicians, chefs, Mardi Gras Indians, and ordinary New Orleanians try to rebuild their lives, their homes and their unique culture in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane.
The series premiered on HBO April 11, 2010, with an 80-minute pilot episode, the first of a 10 episode season. On April 13, 2010, it was announced that HBO had renewed the show for a second season.
I'm basing my QT solely on the first season of this show, as I no longer have HBO. Like almost every single other program about New Orleans or the surrounding area, it bleeds with stereotypes and misconceptions about the people and places of southeastern Louisiana.
Ok, so The Wire isn't REALLY back but plenty of things about it are. See, my television watching friends, the good people who brought you the absolute, no arguments can be made otherwise, best TV show of all time (The Wire), also gift us with Treme. A show, again, about a city. Let me stop right there for a second. That's what makes both of these shows so great. In much of the way that Seinfeld was about nothing, these are shows … more