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BY LORI ACKEN •What are you currently reading? "I've been reading a bunch of lyrics from my iPad! I'm working on a new album right now, so I'm really deep in writing the songs. Not to be a narcissist, but I'm reading my own work!" •What did you have for dinner last night? "Last night I made a Vietnamese pho-inspired soup – but using leftover turkey." •What is your next project? "Right now my focus has been firing out this batch of episodes for the 'Heat Seekers.' My downtime is spent working on this album." •When was the last vacation you took – where and why? "Two weeks ago I went to Jamaica. I took the fams, and we kicked it and sat on the beach. Eating jerk chicken and curried goat and all the stupid tourist stuff. Just a week of bliss." Weblinks AMC's Western drama "Hell on Wheels" concludes its first season building the Transcontinental Railroad on Sunday. Get caught up on the progress so far at www.amctv.com/shows/ hell-on-wheels Stutzman MOTOR SALES , INC. 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"They said, 'Let's put these guys together and see what happens.' (Aaron and I) went out for lunch and just started kicking it, and they saw right away that the chemistry is good." So good that "Seekers" will launch its second season Monday, Jan. 16, with a trip t o Dallas for some "hotter than hell" sliders. "Aaron comes from a very sophisticated chef background via Mexico and his mother who is a renowned chef and cookbook author," Mooking explains of what sets "Seekers" apart from other extreme-eating programming. "I come as a third-generation food and beverage freak via the Caribbean and Trinidad – and I'm trained in French cuisine. We're going from that kind of fulcrum. There's a worldliness about both us as hosts for the show and the network." As to whether anything will change for Season 2 now that he and Sanchez are a bit more seasoned, seared and schooled in what to expect, Mooking laughs his fabulous laugh and offers that the producers have broadened some concepts and the range of cultures. "We've also added a couple layers to the challenges between me and Aaron at the end of the show," he says. "You'll have to tune in and see – but there's some pretty good jokes in there this year!" Roger Mooking On Monday, Fox premieres "Alcatraz," a new supernatural drama in which inmates from the island prison's past start appearing. Get a preview at www.fox.com/ Syfy's supernatural drama "Being Human" launches its second season on Monday, reuniting its vampire, werewolf and ghost characters. Get ready at www.syfy.com/beinghuman "Lost Girl" premieres Monday on Syfy, following the adventures of Bo, a succubus-turned-detective who helps those both human and magical. 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