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Technical difficulties screw America’s Got Talent act Silhouettes

Technical difficulties meant that one of the final four America’s Got Talent act’s performance mostly took place after the hour had concluded, so any viewers DVRing the show–a necessity considering how filler-filled it is–missed it. When the show returned from a commercial break late in the hour, Nick Cannon explained that there were technical difficulties …

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Only a one in four chance that America’s Got Talent will end with a mediocre singer winning

America’s Got Talent revealed its top four last night, and the show could be on the verge of ending its streak of selecting mediocre singers instead of Las Vegas-worth headlining acts, which has been the case every season except season two, which was won by singing ventriloquist Terry Fator, who went on to considerable success. …

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Judges criticize America’s Got Talent’s response after act catches fire

The sixth season of America’s Got Talent has its top 10, and we’re incredibly close to having a final round that does not include any mediocre singers. That group does not include Gymkana, the tumbling group that was eliminated from the show, perhaps because the flaming ring its tumblers were jumping through fell onto one …

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AGT returns strong with judge sword fight, dancers in the dark, Nick Cannon nonsense

America’s Got Talent returned for its sixth season last night, and came back strong, both in terms of content and viewers. Ratings were up 17 percent among people ages 18-49 and 21 percent overall, and the show brought its high energy and sense of fun to summer competition TV, which, along with So You Think …

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