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Interview

Fishing Always Starts With the Money: Meet Captain Chris Retherford of Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove

Football has the Manning brothers. Tennis has the Williams sisters. TV has the Wahlbergs, Baldwins, Kardashians and more. Dungeness crab fishing has the Retherford brothers. And it’s game on for brothers Mikey and Chris Retherford, as they captain two of the boats in Discovery Channel’s new Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove (premiering Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 9/8c). The Retherford boys are second generation fishermen who have followed their father, Mike Sr., in building a successful life off the sea. While fishing initially started as a means to make money for Chris, it is now a true found love. We recently got […]

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TV News & Program Updates

Big Ratings for Discovery’s Harley and the Davidsons

Discovery Channel announced today that its three-part miniseries Harley and the Davidsons, which aired last week beginning on Labor Day, scored big ratings across all three nights, becoming the most-watched cable miniseries in 3.5 years (since History’s The Bible) and the No. 1 cable program across top demos all three nights. RELATED: “HARLEY AND THE DAVIDSONS” A FUN RIDE The program averaged 2.00 million P25-54 viewers and 4.4 million P2+ viewers, according to a Discovery release. Harley also was Discovery Channel’s highest-rated rookie series ever among M25-54, as well as the network’s most-watched ever in P2+. This was the first miniseries for Discovery Channel under […]

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Movies

Harley and the Davidsons a Fun Ride Through the Iconic Motorcycle Brand’s Early History

Being based in Milwaukee, I am certainly no stranger to the sights and sounds (especially in the summertime) of the legendary Harley-Davidson motorcycle brand, but I had not known very much about its founding in the early 20th century. That’s why Discovery Channel’s Harley and the Davidsons, a three-night miniseries debuting tonight, is so fascinating. It’s a dramatization of how Walter and Arthur Davidson (Michiel Huisman and Bug Hall), with their friend Bill Harley (Robert Aramayo), risked their entire fortune and livelihood to launch the enterprise. The timing of the Davidsons’ and Harley’s efforts coincided with a booming time of […]