--- title: David Simon's Show Me a Hero Trailer: Oscar Isaac description: The creator of 'The Wire' and 'Treme' returns with a miniseries about affordable housing in 1980s New York. canonical: https://time.com/3955628/david-simon-show-me-a-hero-trailer/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-13T16:39:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:22:02.635Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch the Trailer for the New David Simon HBO Miniseries 'Show Me a Hero' og:description: The creator of 'The Wire' and 'Treme' returns with a miniseries about affordable housing in 1980s New York. og:url: https://time.com/3955628/david-simon-show-me-a-hero-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Trailer for the New David Simon HBO Miniseries 'Show Me a Hero' twitter:description: The creator of 'The Wire' and 'Treme' returns with a miniseries about affordable housing in 1980s New York. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch the Trailer for the David Simon HBO Miniseries _Show Me a Hero_  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jul 13, 2015 4:39 PM UTC  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jul 13, 2015 4:39 PM UTC It comes as no surprise that the trailer for _Show Me a Hero_, the six-part HBO miniseries created by David Simon and Paul Haggis, looks very, very promising. Simon, after all, gave us _The Wire_, considered by many to be one of the best shows in television history. Though Haggis’ 2004 Best Picture winner _Crash_ may not be widely considered a standout in cinematic history—well, at least the themes at play in the series are decidedly up his alley. _Show Me a Hero_ stars the buzzworthy Oscar Isaac as Nicholas Wasicsko, the young mayor of Yonkers, N.Y., during a time of escalating racial tensions in the late 1980s. Wasicsko’s efforts to develop public housing in a predominantly white, middle-class neighborhood are met with heated protests, forcing the mayor to navigate the tricky path between justice and politics. The series, co-starring Catherine Keener, Alfred Molina and Winona Ryder, is based on Lisa Belkin’s 1999 nonfiction book, from which the show takes its name. To avoid spoilers, perhaps refrain from Googling the name “Nicholas Wasicsko.” _Show Me a Hero_ premieres on Aug. 16 on HBO. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3955628/david-simon-show-me-a-hero-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3955628/david-simon-show-me-a-hero-trailer/"},"headline":"Watch the Trailer for the David Simon HBO Miniseries Show Me a Hero","datePublished":"2015-07-13T16:39:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:02.635Z","description":"“For the first time in my life, I am on the right side of something.\"","url":"https://time.com/3955628/david-simon-show-me-a-hero-trailer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Trailers","Oscar Isaac"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3955628/david-simon-show-me-a-hero-trailer/","name":"Watch the Trailer for the David Simon HBO Miniseries Show Me a Hero"}}]}] ```