Just about every single time HBO announces some new original series, my first reaction is "ehh, I don't know..."  Then, like clockwork, I end up watching it and getting hooked immediately.  Treme started out kinda slow, but by the end of the first episode I knew I'd be watching the whole season.  David Simon seems to be well on his way to painting a portrait of New Orleans in the same way he did with Baltimore in The WIre.  And much like other new HBO series, there's a great cast of HBO veterans like Kim Dickens, Wendell Pierce, and Clarke Peters.  Then there's the addition of Steve Zahn and John Goodman. 
 
So, maybe this time I'll learn my lesson.