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If they'd play it up more, have a little more fun with it, then I can see it being a great show. Right now it's just takes itself too seriously. There are stretches where not much happens, kind of like in the Sopranos. Except in the Sopranos when not much happens when not much happens the show takes on an observational quality which reveals little things about the characters (The crosscutting scene comes to mind where Furio and Tony are making dinner. Furio makes his from scratch and Tony reheats something Carmela made him in the microwave.)
In Carnivale when nothing happes, nothing happens, and it's just boring and the viewer learns nothing.
I really wanted to like this show, but so far it doesn't look good.
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