Treme

85
Metascore
2010-2013
4 seasons
HBO
Drama, Music
TV-MA

From David Simon and George Pelecanos (The Wire), comes Treme, set in New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina. A group of residents strive to rebuild their lives without losing sight of the music and cultural traditions that make them, and the city, so unique.

85
Metascore
2010-2013
4 seasons
HBO
Drama, Music
TV-MA

Hot Topics: Can TV Still Tackle Real Issues?

Just two seasons in, the CBS sitcom Mom has already tackled some not-immediately-funny issues, including alcoholism, gambling, homelessness, and cancer. Even star Anna Faris admits she was shocked when her character's teen daughter turned up pregnant in the second episode. "I thought it was a joke," says the actress, who plays Christy, a young mother struggling with sobriety. "I couldn't believe that so early on we would go down that road. We put a lot of trust in our viewers."

Wed, Dec 10, 2014

Hot Topics: Can TV Still Tackle Real Issues?

Exclusive First Look: Zoe Saldana Gets Into Character on the Set of NBC's Rosemary's Baby

Zoe Saldana has every reason to be worried. That's because Saldana stars in NBC's upcoming Rosemary's Baby miniseries as Rosemary Woodhouse, one-half of a young married couple who move into an apartment in Paris that...

Mon, Mar 31, 2014

The Wire's David Simon to Write Martin Luther King Jr. Miniseries for HBO

Fresh off the end of his New Orleans drama Treme, The Wire creator David Simon is attached to write...

Wed, Mar 5, 2014

The Wire's David Simon to Write Martin Luther King Jr. Miniseries for HBO

Mind Games: What Happens When Con Men Try to Do Good?

Like many actors considering a new project, Steve Zahn says he was sucked into ABC's Mind Games based solely on the pilot script."I was floored by it," Zahn, who was just wrapping up a four-season run on HBO's Treme when he first the script, tells TVGuide.com. "I really thought it was a cable show. It didn't read like network to me." Winter Preview: Check out all the must-see new showsPerhaps Zahn should have looked a little closer at the author's name. Mind Games creator Kyle Killen's back catalog includes a pair of complex series with brilliant pilots that critics instantly labeled as "cable shows on broadcast TV." ...

Tue, Feb 25, 2014

Mind Games: What Happens When Con Men Try to Do Good?

Zoe Saldana to Star in Rosemary's Baby Miniseries for NBC

Star Trek actress Zoe Saldana is taking on another iconic role. The actress is set to play the lead role in NBC's upcoming four-hour miniseries Rosemary's Baby, the network announced Wednesday. Saldana, 35, will play Rosemary, the young wife and would-be mother who moves with her husband into a Paris apartment that has ...

Wed, Jan 8, 2014

Zoe Saldana to Star in Rosemary's Baby Miniseries for NBC

Scandal: Khandi Alexander to Play Olivia Pope's Mom

Treme's Khandi Alexander has been tapped to play Olivia Pope's (Kerry Washington) mother on Scandal, TVGuide.com has confirmed...

Tue, Nov 5, 2013

Scandal: Khandi Alexander to Play Olivia Pope's Mom

Amazon Green-Lights Drama Pilots Starring Titus Welliver, Sharon Lawrence

Amazon Studios has given a green light to two drama pilots, the company announced Thursday. Bosch, based on the best-selling book series by Michael Connelly, tells the story of a relentless LAPD homicide detective (Titus Welliver) who pursues the killer of a 13-year-old boy. But Bosch is also standing trial in federal court on accusations that he murdered a suspected serial killer in cold blood.

Thu, Oct 31, 2013

Amazon Green-Lights Drama Pilots Starring Titus Welliver, Sharon Lawrence

Which "Big" Game of Thrones Role Has Been Recast for Season 4?

Game of Thrones is going through another recasting. Hafthor Julius Bjornsson has been cast as Gregor Clegane, better known as the Mountain, the Icelandic actor announced on Twitter. "For all my fans...

Wed, Sep 4, 2013

Which "Big" Game of Thrones Role Has Been Recast for Season 4?

Game of Thrones Casts Treme, Nashville Alum... As Daario Naharis?

Treme and Nashville star Michiel Huisman is trading in New Orleans and the Music City for Westeros. The actor has joined Game of Thrones' fourth season, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Fri, Aug 30, 2013

Game of Thrones Casts Treme, Nashville Alum... As Daario Naharis?

Treme's Final Season Will Be Pretty Short

Production on Treme's fourth and final season begin next week and filming shouldn't take too long: HBO only ordered...

Sat, Oct 27, 2012

Treme's Final Season Will Be Pretty Short

Treme Season 3: Money Flows, But It's the Culture That's Rich

Money makes the world go 'round, but on the third season of HBO's Treme, it just makes life in post-Katrina New Orleans that much harder. "The first season you saw the people come back," co-creator David Simon tells TVGuide.com. "The second season, the problems began to come back. And this third season, some money and some opportunity starts to present itself. But in this country, nothing is free and nothing is without strings. Everything is a hard choice."

Sat, Sep 22, 2012

Treme Season 3: Money Flows, But It's the Culture That's Rich

HBO Sets Premiere Dates for Boardwalk Empire and Treme

HBO has set premiere dates for the third seasons of Boardwalk Empire and Treme.Ratings: The Newsroom posts HBO's third-best debutThe 12-episode season of ...

Mon, Jul 9, 2012

HBO Sets Premiere Dates for Boardwalk Empire and Treme

Game of Thrones, Homeland Named Winners in 71st Annual Peabody Awards

Game of Thrones and Homeland were among the winners announced in the 71st Annual Peabody Awards.

Wed, Apr 4, 2012

Game of Thrones, Homeland Named Winners in 71st Annual Peabody Awards

The Walking Dead Finds Its Sword-Wielding Michonne

[WARNING: The following story contains major spoilers from Sunday's The Walking Dead and the graphic novels which inspired it. Read at your own risk.] It's the moment many Walking Dead fans have been waiting for. Walking Dead Postmortem: Which new character holds the key to the group's future? In the AMC drama's Season 2 finale...

Mon, Mar 19, 2012

The Walking Dead Finds Its Sword-Wielding Michonne

Exclusive: CSI: Miami Vet to Guest-Star on USA's Common Law

Former CSI: Miami star Khandi Alexander will guest-star on the upcoming first season USA's Common Law, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.USA's Common Law hosts a Lost reunionThe freshman dramedy, which premieres Friday, May 11 at 10/9c, tells the story of Travis Marks (Michael Ealy) and Wes Mitchell (Warren Kole), two sharp LAPD detectives whose partnership becomes so strained that Captain Mike Sutton (Jack McGee) sends them to see  couples therapist Dr. Ryan (Sonya Walger).Alexander will play ...

Tue, Mar 13, 2012

Exclusive: CSI: Miami Vet to Guest-Star on USA's Common Law

Pilot Season: Roseanne Reunion! John Goodman to Star in NBC's Roseanne Barr Comedy

Roseanne and Dan John Goodman are finally reuniting! Goodman has joined the cast of Barr's new NBC pilot Downwardly Mobile, TVGuide.com has learned. Pilot Season: NBC picks up eight comedies, including ones from Roseanne Barr, Jimmy Fallon Written and executive-produced by Barr, the pilot will...

Fri, Feb 10, 2012

Pilot Season: Roseanne Reunion! John Goodman to Star in NBC's Roseanne Barr Comedy

Ask Matt: Once Upon a Time, Pilot Season, Luck and HBO, Revenge and More

Question: I've been watching Once Upon A Time from the beginning, and I thought by now, we'd start to see some real movement towards the present-day fairy-tale folks realizing that something was amiss. But it seems to be dragging and dragging, and while the "fairy tale" portions are fun to watch, there's nothing there that gives one hope that finally, someone other than Henry knows something's amiss. It's getting boring. Any tidbits as to when that ...

Mon, Feb 6, 2012

Ask Matt: Once Upon a Time, Pilot Season, Luck and HBO, Revenge and More

HBO Delays Treme's Third Season to Fall

Treme fans will have to wait a little longer to find what Antoine, LaDonna, Toni and the rest of the crew are up to. HBO has pushed the drama's Season 3 premiere back from its usual April berth to fall, The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. True Blood's Chris Coy moves to Treme No reason was given for the move, but HBO recently axed...

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

True Blood's Chris Coy Moves to Treme

Chris Coy, best known for playing Barry the telepathic bellboy on True Blood, is moving to Treme as a new series regular, Deadline reports. HBO renews Treme for Season 3 Coy, 25, joins the HBO drama for Season 3 as a...

Mon, Oct 31, 2011

Cheers & Jeers: The Two Faces of Michael K. Williams

Cheers to Michael K. Williams for a double shot of high-caliber roles.

Fri, Sep 23, 2011

Cheers & Jeers: The Two Faces of Michael K. Williams

Cheers & Jeers: Treme's Khandi (Alexander) is Dandy

Cheers to Khandi Alexander for her tour de hurricane force on Treme. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine. As her character, bar owner LaDonna Batiste Williams, raged at the rapist who attacked her — and the legal system that temporarily freed him due to a clerical error — Alexander powerfully embodied the citywide anger at the lawlessness in post-Katrina New Orleans. The actress, who was unjustly denied an Emmy nomination for her fiercely nuanced turn as a recovering drug-addict mother in Treme creator David Simon's 2000 miniseries, The Corner, deserves long-overdue recognition for this role.

Tue, Jul 5, 2011

Cheers & Jeers: Treme's Khandi (Alexander) is Dandy

HBO Renews Treme for Season 3

HBO's acclaimed drama Treme has been renewed for a third season, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Fall 2011 TV Scorecard: Which shows are returning? Which aren't? Treme...

Fri, May 13, 2011

Cheers & Jeers: HBO's Treme Makeover

Cheers to Treme for its triumphant second season.   Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! If you got fed up with David Simon's pokey post-Katrina HBO drama during its first season, you might want to revisit it. Oscar-winner Melissa Leo has been joined by her killer fellow Homicide: Life on the Street vet Jon Seda as a Dallas developer whose taste for New Orleans' food and music is rivaled only by his thirst to profit from the aftermath of its tragedy. Plus, the always-excellent David Morse has been promoted to full-time regular duty as a beleaguered NOPD cop. His "Let Bourbon Street be Bourbon Street" speech rivaled Hill Street Blues' best squadroom-briefing monologues.

Mon, May 2, 2011

Treme's Melissa Leo: Playing Toni Grounded Me

Melissa Leo spent many weekends during the early part of this year staying in fancy hotel suites and accepting awards in ballrooms full of her fellow actors — no doubt the high point in her career.Meanwhile, during the week, on the set of HBO's Treme, she slipped back into the skin of civil liberties lawyer Toni Bernette, a character no doubt at her lowest point following the post-Hurricane Katrina depression and eventual suicide of her husband, Creighton (John Goodman).The beat goes on: Treme settles in for the "long haul" of Season 2"Going back to Toni grounded me," Leo told TVGuide.com....

Thu, Apr 28, 2011

Treme's Melissa Leo: Playing Toni Grounded Me

Roush Review: HBO's Weekend Triple Play

This weekend, HBO offers up a comedy special (Talking Funny), a new movie about an historic TV phenom (Cinema Verite) and the return of a distinguished drama series (Treme). All are worth a look. It's actually an HBO grand slam if you count Game of Thrones, the triumphant adult fantasy series that was renewed for a second season shortly after the first episode aired. (HBO has a tradition of doing this, but rarely in recent years has the network's enthusiasm been so well deserved.) In Thrones' eventful second chapter (Sunday, 9/8c), you begin to sense the series' range, as many characters begin disparate journeys through the sprawling land of Westeros: dutiful Ned Stark heads out with...

Fri, Apr 22, 2011

Matt's Weekend Picks: April 22-24

Supernatural (Friday, 9/8c, The CW) Winchesters, meet Colt! As in: the real Samuel Colt, whose infamous demon-destroying gun has loomed large throughout Supernatural's mythology. This week, Dean gets to play cowboy — Sam is less thrilled — when Castiel sends the brothers back in time to the Wild West to get some guidance from the proverbial horse's mouth. Speaking of weapons, over on Fox's Fringe in the same time period, an apocalyptic scenario is triggered when Walternate revs up the doomsday device "over there," in hopes of rocking our (and specifically Peter's) world.

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

VIDEO: Find Out Why Melissa Leo Says She Hoped They'd Call Someone Else's Name at the Oscars

After winning the Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild Award for her supporting role in The Fighter, it was no surprise to see Melissa Leo take home an Oscar. Oscars 2011 Top Moments: James Franco in a dress, Taylor Lautner without a shirt But just before Sunday's show, the 50-year-old actress said she actually...

Mon, Feb 28, 2011

VIDEO: Find Out Why Melissa Leo Says She Hoped They'd Call Someone Else's Name at the Oscars

John Goodman Joins Damages as Season 4's Villain

John Goodman has joined the cast of Damages as Season 4's new villain, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Goodman will play...

Fri, Jan 14, 2011

John Goodman Joins Damages as Season 4's Villain

TV's Unsexiest Sex Scenes, Volume III

Some sex scenes turn you on. Others turn your stomach.For the third year in a row, we're singling out the TV hookups that do the latter. From a twisted True Blood sex scene to a slap-happy afternoon on Mad Men to seeing way too much of Steve Zahn on Treme, we celebrate all the lowlights. (And there's not enough bandwidth in the world to touch on all the sliminess in the Jersey Shore house.) ...

Wed, Sep 29, 2010

Mega Buzz: New Faces and Places on Housewives, The Closer and Fringe

Every week, senior editors Mickey O'Connor and Adam Bryant satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com.Do you know which Desperate Housewives kid was switched at birth? — DanielMICKEY: Our source is saying that the new season will raise several possibilities, and that we shouldn't jump to any conclusions based on this recasting. That said, Lynette's daughter Penny will have more heavy lifting to do this season, acting-wise...

Wed, Jun 23, 2010

Mega Buzz: New Faces and Places on Housewives, The Closer and Fringe

Roush Review: Finale Watch: Treme

At its languid but intoxicating best, HBO's Treme dances and grooves to its own peculiar and particularly New Orleans beat. Call it the rhythm of life. And, naturally, death. But mostly life. Such is the case in the series' languorous 80-plus-minute finale, infused with sorrow but also overflowing with a defiant resilience and joy in the moment that captures the ebullient nature of this national treasure of a city.Plot-wise? Let's not dwell on that. As Professor Creighton Bernette (John Goodman) told his students in the penultimate episode, before presumably stepping off the ferry to put an end to his blocked creative life, "Don't think in terms of a beginning and an end. Because unlike some plot-driven entertainments, there is no closure in real life — not really." Could be a testimony to Treme itself, which has taken some knocks for its often oblique approach to actual narrative. (Ominously, Cray added when asked about an upcoming test, "In the end, every one of us will be tested, and every one of us will be found wanting.")Creighton's suicide, and the grief and rage of his widow Toni...

Mon, Jun 21, 2010

Treme's Finale Is About the Characters, Not New Orleans

From the beginning, Treme co-creator and executive producer Eric Overmyer has insisted that HBO's post-Katrina New Orleans drama is a different animal from The Wire.And Overmyer says Sunday's 80-minute finale (10/9c on HBO) proves the point again. While Overmyer's co-creator David Simon often ended seasons of The Wire with big thematic statements, Overmyer says their approach with Treme was to remain solely focused on the characters...

Sun, Jun 20, 2010

Treme's Finale Is About the Characters, Not New Orleans

Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, June 20, 2010

Leverage9/8c TNT The con is on when the stylized caper series returns for its Season 3 opener with two episodes, airing back-to-back. The jailhouse rocks in the first episode when Nate Ford and his Ford-tough band of outlaws take on a corrupt prison warden to save the life of an innocent inmate. Along the way, they plan the great escape. Edwin Hodge, brother of series star Aldis Hodge, guest-stars. In the second outing, the dream team schemes to crack an important password by targeting a dishonest software big shot at a high-school reunion.Read on for previews of The Phantom, JONAS: LA, Scoundrels, The Tudors, The Gates and Treme.

Sun, Jun 20, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, June 20, 2010

John Goodman Says Weight Loss Will Be "An Ongoing Process"

John Goodman showed off his significantly trimmer body on CBS' Late Night with David Letterman this week, telling the host his weight loss is going to be "an ongoing process for the rest of my life." Check out photos of Goodman through the years The 57-year-old actor, widely known for his role in the popular sitcom Roseanne, told Letterman on Wednesday that, at his heaviest weight, he was pushing...

Thu, Jun 17, 2010

John Goodman Says Weight Loss Will Be "An Ongoing Process"

Cheers & Jeers: Treme-zing Grace

Cheers to Treme for marching to its own beat.As HBO's post-Katrina New Orleans drama has weaved its way towards Sunday's Season 1 finale, even die-hard fans of The Wire creator David Simon have found their patience tested by his new show's pokey pace and frequent breaks for (admittedly fabulous) tunes. Simon seemed to respond to the criticism when he had John Goodman's Tulane professor Creighton Bernette tell his students of Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening: "Don't think in terms of a beginning and an end, because unlike some plot-driven entertainments, there is no closure in real life...

Thu, Jun 17, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, April 25, 2010

Desperate Housewives9/8c ABC Out of Eddie's league? Irina's also out of this world, thanks to Preston's nebbishy friend. And it seems like he's the Fairview Strangler, too. We'll find out officially tonight in this flashback episode, which chronicles the strangler's interactions over the years with Bree, Susan, Lynette and Gaby, not to mention series narrator Mary Alice Young. We won't just hear Brenda Strong; we'll see her as well.Read on for previews of Treme, the TV Land Awards, Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking and When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story.

Sun, Apr 25, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, April 25, 2010

Treme's Khandi Alexander: New Orleans Is in Her Character's Blood and Bones

When Treme co-creator David Simon approached Khandi Alexander for his new HBO drama, she didn't even have to read the script."I said, 'It doesn't even matter what it is, I'm in," Alexander tells TVGuide.com. "It was just the opportunity to work with David again. To be in the company of someone you feel so comfortable with creatively and personally, there was no second guessing. It was a yes before I read the material."Treme overcomes tragedy, on-screen and offSo Alexander, who played a drug addict in Simon's Emmy-winning HBO miniseries The Corner, was even more thrilled when she saw just what Simon and co-creator Eric Overmyer were up to with their look at post-Katrina New Orleans...

Sat, Apr 17, 2010

Treme's Khandi Alexander: New Orleans Is in Her Character's Blood and Bones

Top Moments: Betty, 24's Renee --- and Who Else? --- Say Goodbye

Lots of things came to an end this week on TV — for better and for worse. Blair dumped Chuck on Gossip Girl and House's Cameron and Chase signed their divorce papers. Jack got up for a glass of water, and in an instant, his 24 lady-love Renee was killed by a sniper. But not all the endings were bad. Dean finally outsmarted Zachariah on Supernatural, Betty Suarez got her happily-ever-after, and Melrose Place went out — we think — with a slap. Welcome to Top Moments: Hard to Say Goodbye Edition.

Fri, Apr 16, 2010

Top Moments: Betty, 24's Renee --- and Who Else? --- Say Goodbye

Treme Renewed for Second Season

HBO has renewed Treme after just one episode. From the creators of HBO's critically acclaimed but ratings-challenged drama The Wire, Treme premiered Sunday to...

Tue, Apr 13, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, April 11, 2010

Treme10/9c HBO Saying "David Simon has done it again" may be a cliché, but there's nothing hackneyed about this excellent new series from the creator of The Wire. The show begins three months after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and follows its citizens as they try to put their lives back together. As with any Simon project, plot and characters are hard to pin down, but the debut introduces Wire vets Wendell Pierce and Clarke Peters as, respectively, a star-crossed trombonist and a Mardi Gras Indian chief.Read on for previews of Brothers & Sisters, Masterpiece Classic, Army Wives and Family Guy.

Sun, Apr 11, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, April 11, 2010

The Wire, Treme Writer David Mills Dies at 48

David Mills, an Emmy-award-winning writer for HBO's The Wire and co-executive producer of the upcoming drama Treme, died on Tuesday in New Orleans, an HBO rep said. He was 48. David Simon, the creator of The Wire and Treme, told the The Washington Post that Mills collapsed on the set of Treme and died of an apparent brain aneurysm. The two men worked together

Wed, Mar 31, 2010

The Wire, Treme Writer David Mills Dies at 48