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Topic: Treme

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Jazz survives Katrina

Larry Blumenfeld
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"Show Me a Hero": Obama saga?

Andrew O'Hehir
Matthew McConaughey in "True Detective" (HBO/Lacey Terrell)

True Detective's Southern porn

Becky Banks
Wendell Pierce in "Treme," Bryan Cranston in "Breaking Bad" (HBO/Paul Schiraldi/AMC/Ursula Coyote)

TV characters take over!

Travis M. Andrews
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Simon: Most TV is unwatchable

Willa Paskin
Joy Bryant and Dax Shephard in "Parenthood"

TV's eerie race-less world

Kartina Richardson

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HBO's : "Treme"- Season II 2011 Cast: Melissa Leo- Toni Bernette Jon Seda- Nelson Hidalgo India Ennenga- Sofia Bernette Venida Evans- Mrs. Brooks Jeffrey Carisalez- Arnie Reyes Steve Zahn- Davis McAlary Clarke Peters- Albert Lambreaux Khandi Alexander- LaDonna Batiste-Williams Phyllis Montana-LeBlanc- Desiree Wendell Pierce- Antoine Batiste Rob Brown- Delmond Lambreaux Lucia Micarelli- Annie Michiel Huisman- Sonny Danai Gurira- Jill Hudson Kim Dickens- Janette Desautel Davi Jay- Robinette Dan Ziskie- CJ Liguori David Morse- Lt. Colson Lance E. Nichols- Larry Williams Darien Sills-Evans- Darnell Nichols Jennifer Kober- Andrea Cazayoux Otto DeJean- George Cotrell Ntara Guma Mbaho Mwine- Jacques Steve Earle- Harley Watts (Paul Schiraldi)

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"American Gods" coming soon to HBO

Drew Grant
HBO's : "Treme"- Season II 2011 Cast: Melissa Leo- Toni Bernette Jon Seda- Nelson Hidalgo India Ennenga- Sofia Bernette Venida Evans- Mrs. Brooks Jeffrey Carisalez- Arnie Reyes Steve Zahn- Davis McAlary Clarke Peters- Albert Lambreaux Khandi Alexander- LaDonna Batiste-Williams Phyllis Montana-LeBlanc- Desiree Walter Harris Jr.- Franklin Tim Bellow- Riley Wendell Pierce- Antoine Batiste Rob Brown- Delmond Lambreaux Lucia Micarelli- Annie Michiel Huisman- Sonny Danai Gurira- Jill Hudson Kim Dickens- Janette Desautel Davi Jay- Robinette Dan Ziskie- CJ Liguori David Morse- Lt. Colson Lance E. Nichols- Larry Williams Victor Slezak- Enrico Brulard Paul Fitzgerald- Poissonier Alon Shaya- Grill Man Adrienne Eiser- Saucier Emanuel January- Young cook Darien Sills-Evans- Darnell Nichols Jennifer Kober- Andrea Cazayoux Marc Menchaca- Officer James Distel Otto DeJean- George Cotrell Ntara Guma Mbaho Mwine- Jacques Steve Earle- Harley Watts Chris Muller- Himself Chef Ripert- Himself Dinnerall Jevone Shavers, Sr.- Darren LeCoeur- Keith Hart Shawn Colvin- Herself (Paul Schiraldi)

Why "Treme" is TV's smartest show about art

Matt Zoller Seitz
HBO's : "Treme"- Season II 2011 Cast: Melissa Leo- Toni Bernette Jon Seda- Nelson Hidalgo India Ennenga- Sofia Bernette Venida Evans- Mrs. Brooks Jeffrey Carisalez- Arnie Reyes Steve Zahn- Davis McAlary Clarke Peters- Albert Lambreaux Khandi Alexander- LaDonna Batiste-Williams Phyllis Montana-LeBlanc- Desiree Walter Harris Jr.- Franklin Tim Bellow- Riley Wendell Pierce- Antoine Batiste Rob Brown- Delmond Lambreaux Lucia Micarelli- Annie Michiel Huisman- Sonny Danai Gurira- Jill Hudson Kim Dickens- Janette Desautel Davi Jay- Robinette Dan Ziskie- CJ Liguori David Morse- Lt. Colson Lance E. Nichols- Larry Williams Victor Slezak- Enrico Brulard Paul Fitzgerald- Poissonier Alon Shaya- Grill Man Adrienne Eiser- Saucier Emanuel January- Young cook Darien Sills-Evans- Darnell Nichols Jennifer Kober- Andrea Cazayoux Marc Menchaca- Officer James Distel Otto DeJean- George Cotrell Ntara Guma Mbaho Mwine- Jacques Steve Earle- Harley Watts Chris Muller- Himself Chef Ripert- Himself Dinnerall Jevone Shavers, Sr.- Councilman Thomas- Oliver Thomas Henry Griffin- Simply Majeeda Snead- Herself Walter "Wolfman" Washington- Himself (Paul Schiraldi)

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LaDonna Batiste-Williams (Khandi Alexander) enjoys a moment of calm before a storm of violence on "Treme."

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An imperfect union: Phyllis Montana-Leblanc and Wendell Pierce in David Simon's "Treme."

"Treme" takes on New Orleans' crime epidemic

Matt Zoller Seitz

"Treme's" last blast

Heather Havrilesky
Steve Zahn and Elvis Costello in "Treme"

Heather Havrilesky
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Steve Zahn, Kermit Ruffins and Wendell Pierce in "Treme." (Skip Bolen)

Billy Sothern

Heather Havrilesky

Larry Blumenfeld
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