Gary Stevens
After a stellar riding career highlighted by three Kentucky Derby wins, election to the Hall of Fame and a major role in the Oscar-nominated Seabiscuit, jockey Gary Stevens moves from the saddle to the TV analyst's chair for the 132nd Run for the Roses. Stevens adds a unique perspective to TVG's countdown to the Derby as well as to NBC's Triple Crown coverage in Louisville and Baltimore (Preakness Stakes), before handing off to ABC and fellow jockey-turned-analyst Jerry Bailey for the Belmont Stakes in New York. Stevens briefly retired once before (in December 1999) but seems far more content with his decision to move on this time.
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In his quest to shepherd a full 90 percent of all prime-time television programming, prolific producer Jerry Bruckheimer (The Amazing Race, E-Ring, Close to Home, Without a Trace, the CSIs) is teaming with Seabiscuit writer-director Gary Ross on a medical drama for NBC, Variety reports. The series, about a rogue researcher tracking a mysterious illness, is titled Invisible. No, not Inconceivable. Shame on you! Invisible. Write it down.
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