New HBO Series: 'Treme'

From the creators of 'The Wire.'Treme is the new David Simon & Eric Overmyer HBO series about musicians in New Orleans. Treme is also a neighborhood in New Orleans that is home to many of the city's musicians. The cast includes Steve Zahn, Wendell Pierce, Clarke Peters, John Goodman, Melissa Leo, Kim Dickens, Khandi Alexander and even Elvis Costello (?). The show is set to premiere April 11.

The series' first-season story will begin several weeks after Hurricane Katrina and follow its characters -- based on real-life models Kermit Ruffins, Donald Harrison Jr. and Davis Rogan, among others -- at least through the first Mardi Gras after Katrina. Each subsequent season of the series would advance the story one year further from the storm. (via nola.com)