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Animal Planet’s reality series Jockeys, will return next fall for a second season. New jockeys featured include Garrett Gomez, winner of the Jockey of the Year title, and Corey Nakatani, who has won several Breeder’s Cup victories. Chantal Sutherland (shown at left) and the other jockeys featured in the first season will also return with the exception of Jon Court who is leaving Santa Anita, where the series is filmed, to race in Kentucky. Viewers can also expect to see more of gambler Jimmy the Hat and Jockey’s Guild manager Darrell Haire. Photo credit: Animal Planet.

By Tom Comi Pop quiz: What does Las Vegas headliner Terry Fator have in common with no-names like Bianca Ryan, Neal E. Boyd, Kevin Skinner and Michael Grimm? Answer: All of them won their respective seasons on NBC’s talent show America’s Got Talent. The difference is that only Fator (an accomplished ventriloquist) has come close to becoming a household name, and that’s only for those households who have visited the Mirage hotel and casino in Sin City. And so it goes for the talent show that portends to find the country’s hidden gems and turn them into stars. As you […]

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 […]