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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
American Hauntingnew
The new HBO documentary Ghosts of Abu Ghraib revisits a dark chapter.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-15-2007 |
TV
Tags: 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
Nashville Star Contestants Make the Big Time, or Do They?new
The 2005 edition of Nashville Star hit the small screen with a little less momentum than in past seasons, so things were tweaked a bit to make it interesting.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
07-28-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Watch Whitney and Bobby Spar, Eat and Kiss in New Reality Shownew
Being Bobby Brown is kind of like being John Doe, except Bobby has gold records, adoring fans and money to help him cope with ... being Bobby Brown.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Sonia Clark |
07-22-2005 |
TV
Tags: Watcher
Warm Springs Made Him What He Wasnew
The implicit contention of Warm Springs is that Franklin D. Roosevelt would not have become the great leader we remember today without the time he spent in Warm Springs.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
04-28-2005 |
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
