The Wire creator David Simon's new series Treme is premiering on HBO tonight, taking the place of How to Make It in America, which ended its first season last Sunday.
Treme's premiere will follow the fifth entry of HBO's miniseries The Pacific at 10/9c.
Not a lot has been revealed about Treme, other than a couple of commercials littered between HBO programs. They detail just various character teasers about the featured players of the series, who include:
Wendell Pierce as a trombonist trying to make ends meet in a struggling music scene; Khandi Alexander as his ex-wife, who runs a bar; Clarke Peters as the chief of a tribe of Mardi Gras Indians returning to rebuild his home and culture; Rob Brown as his son, a well-known musician; Steve Zahn as a DJ and music scene regular; Kim Dickens as a chef trying to keep her restaurant afloat; Melissa Leo as a civil rights lawyer; John Goodman as her husband, an outspoken professor; and Michiel Huisman and Lucia Micarelli as young street musicians searching for their big break. (Created by David Simon and Eric Overmyer; executive producers, David Simon, Nina K. Noble, Eric Overmyer and Carolyn Strauss; co-executive producer, David Mills; producer, Anthony Hemingway.)
For more on tonight's episode, check out this synopsis released from HBO. You kind find the synsopses for episodes two and three here, thanks to TVOvermind's Spoiler Guy.
#01: “Do You Know What It Means," airing April 11, 2010: Down-but-not-out trombonist Antoine Batiste performs in the first brass-band parade, or “second line,” in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. The gig brings him face-to-face with his ex, LaDonna, who runs a local bar when she's not in Baton Rouge with her kids and new husband. After attending the parade, radio deejay Davis McAlary blows a gasket at his station and at a record store, then gets thrown out of the restaurant run by his sometimes-squeeze, Janette Desautel. Meanwhile, Albert Lambreaux returns to the ruins of his home and the bar where he practiced, determined to clean up despite the skepticism of his son Delmond, a touring trumpet player, and daughter Davina. While civil-rights attorney Toni Bernette tries to track down LaDonna's missing brother Daymo, her cantankerous husband, English professor Creighton Bernette, rails against the forces that sold New Orleans down the river in the wake of the storm. (Written by David Simon and Eric Overmyer; directed by Agnieszka Holland.)
Check in tonight after the episode for a review of"Do You Know What It Means." Will you be watching Treme tonight?
