Those who hoped to put the DVD box set of Treme Season One in someone’s stocking are going to have to prolong Christmas a bit. Amazon.com is taking pre-orders now, but it’s scheduled to come out closer to the April premiere of season two on HBO, likely to help build interest in the second season.

In an interview with Dave Walker at Nola.com, David Simon spoke about the role the DVD releases have in helping a show find an audience:

“There is just no such thing as appointment television for something as idiosyncratic as ‘Treme’ or ‘The Wire.’ We were never appointment television. We were word-of-mouth television, and still are. If HBO believes in the process, then I think the same thing can happen with ‘Treme’ over time.”

“It’s funny how long a tail (‘The Wire’) has,” Simon said. “There was no plan. But there is a plan now, because we’ve seen it happen once. I keep telling HBO there will be the same level of (attraction) for people. It may be a different audience than ‘The Wire.’ It may be people who are more (interested) in a show about music and art and culture or whatever than about a crime story.

“I believe in the process now because I’ve seen it work.”

In other Treme news, the soundtrack album received two Grammy nominations, one for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, and one for Steve Earle’s “This City” in the Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media category.

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