Jason Gedrick

The eighth, expected-to-be-final round of the Showtime series begins June 30 ... and it's hard to imagine how it could be more of a game changer than this set of episodes, in which police detective Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) discovers her half brother...

Despite the top-notch pedigree this racetrack-centered HBO drama had - including creator and executive producer David Milch ("Deadwood") and a cast including Oscar winners Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte - the series only would have one season, the result...

When we last heard from Tara Dublin (AKA "Detective Dublin"), she told us about her day on the set of the hit NBC fantasy show GRIMM, and dealing with a "subconjunctival hemorrhage" in her eye. (Yikes!) Now she brings us another dispatch from the set...

Tom Payne pulls off playing a jockey in HBO's "Luck," but the British actor says he won't be making a career change any time soon. "I value my health too much," Payne told me during a recent phone interview, laughing. "Jockeys—it's so difficult ......

In horse-racing terms, HBO's new drama "Luck" breaks poorly. If you don't know what the heck I'm talking about, get used to it. "Luck" (8 p.m. Jan. 29, HBO; 3 stars) is a sometimes confusing yet fascinating study of the colorful characters—the...

After bringing the worlds of late 19th-century South Dakota gold miners and 21st-century Southern California surfers to HBO, David Milch follows up "Deadwood" and "John From Cincinnati" with a multilayered, multifaceted portrait of the world of...

The preview of Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) walking out on a grand jury only hints at the many pleasures in this twisty hour. The top-notch guest stars include Chris Noth, Amy Sedaris and Anika Noni Rose (as the determined Wendy Scott-Karr)....

Dennis Farina plays Ace's dutiful bodyguard. Nick Nolte portrays a chatty horse owner; his rapport with a horse is amazing. Kevin Dunn and Jason Gedrick stand out as grubby bettors. Jill Hennessy, always a welcome face, plays a skilled veterinarian....

If you’ve spent any time at a racetrack, you’ve seen Marcus, Renzo, Jerry and Lonnie, the four luckiest characters on the premiere episode of HBO’s horse-racing series, "Luck." If you haven’t spent any time at the racetrack, I&#...

To suggest that HBO's latest original series Luck is solely about horse racing would be similar to dismissing The Sopranos as a mob show or Boardwalk Empire as a booze epic. Sure, the backdrop involves horses and the track, but first and foremost Luck...

HBO found an immediate victory at the horse track with it’s new series Luck, which debuted this past Sunday logging a gross audience of 3.3 million viewers to date. The network renewed the series for a 10-episode second season slated to debut in...