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HBO’s ‘Treme’ Shows New Orleans Keeping Head Above Waternew
Where David Simon's The Wire showed a city in the midst of a slow-motion collapse, Treme finds post-Katrina New Orleans at the bottom, trying to get back up.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
04-13-2010 |
TV
Tags: David Simon
'John Adams': Who's Your Daddy?new
HBO offers earthy portrayal of Founding Fathers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-14-2008 |
TV
'The Wire' Stops the Presses With Final Seasonnew
For 13 years a reporter for the Baltimore Sun, Simon returns to the newspaper for The Wire's final season, folding journalism into the show's omnibus of city problems
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-03-2008 |
TV
Great Caesar's Ghost!new
HBO's Rome returns with a vengeance.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-17-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Peaks and Troughsnew
The year in television.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-28-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
School of Funknew
Class of 3000 needs better study habits.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-02-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Bad Educationnew
Unless The Wire turns into a ratings bonanza, the fourth season's 12 episodes will be the last.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-07-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Mud, Blood and Contractsnew
Civilization rises in Deadwood's filthy streets.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-22-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
The Joy of Sectsnew
Fortunately, HBO's track record of long-term commitments to its programs suggests that Big Love can outgrow its sensational, superficial qualities.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-16-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
The Boondocks Shows Potentialnew
The Boondocks will be more than a quiet blip on late-night cable.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-04-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Cartoon Network's Programs Appeal to Hip, Humor-Hungry Insomniacsnew
Cartoon Network used to be the unlikeliest place on basic cable to see a decapitation. Or a nipple. Or hear a curse word. But that was before Adult Swim.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman and Heather Kuldell |
11-11-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Arrested Development's First Season DVD Releasednew
TV's best comedy recaps the tribulations of the conniving Bluth family with such a hot-foot pace that it looks more like the high-speed prologues of Raising Arizona or The Royal Tannenbaums than a conventional sitcom.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-04-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
