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'Rickey Smiley For Real' returns May 10 for second season

Da Brat, Rickey Smiley, Porsha Williams and Gary With Da Tea. CREDIT: Marcus Ingram/Getty Images/TV One

Credit: Rodney Ho

Credit: Rodney Ho

Da Brat, Rickey Smiley, Porsha Williams and Gary With Da Tea. CREDIT: Marcus Ingram/Getty Images/TV One
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May 10, 2016

By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Tuesday, May 10, 2016

My colleague Armani Martin attended last week's "Rickey Smiley For Real" press outing to talk to Smiley himself.

His TV One reality show is in its second season and splits time between his home life and his kids and his work life with his colleagues on his Atlanta-based syndicated radio show and "Dish Nation." It returns tonight (May 10) at 8 p.m.

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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.

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