This is exciting: the first trailer for "Treme," David Simon's first foray since the wrap-up of "The Wire" (which was unarguably the best show on television). With that high bar set, it will be interesting to see what Simon delivers. The show, which debuts on HBO in April, features some Simon regulars, like Clark Peters and Wendell Pierce (Freamon and Bunk from "The Wire") and Melissa Leo (from "Homicide"), as well as folks like Steve Zahn and Elvis Costello, playing himself.

The show reportedly deals with the difficult path of musicians in a post-Katrina New Orleans, and the clip below hints at that. That's all it does, for there are no people, no dialogue and no text; just video of dilapidated buildings and homes intercut with shots of musical instruments. That's enough.

Labels: David Simon, The Wire, trailer