Tickets are now available for the first week of competition at Simon Cowell’s all-new talent competition, ‘America’s Got Talent’!!
The show is hosted by Regis Philbin and the celebrity judges are David Hasselhoff, Brandy and Piers Morgan! ‘America’s Got Talent’ tapes in Hollywood on July 8th and July 13th and the minimum age is 8.
America’s Got Talent opened it’s doors last Wednesday to 12.4 million viewers. NBC even did a rebroadcast on Friday. today 6-28-06 is the 2nd installment of the $1 million talent contest. We get another recap show at 8PM EST and the newest episode at 9PM EST.
There has been a lot of controversy and commentary over the America’s Got Talent show. Here are out takes of an interesting article:
If you need more reasons why “American Idol” works, take a look at NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” tonight or ABC’s “Master of Champions” on Thursday.
Or, I can save you the trouble. The answer this time is: judges. They need to be witty — or at least entertaining. They need to be brief. And they need to actually say something. And the judges on those summer talent contests aren’t. Well, maybe they’re brief.
It’s not entirely their fault. “America’s Got Talent” is supposed to be an “American Idol“-style show that’s open to any kind of act. And it, theoretically, will make a star out of the winner.
The first problem is, no matter what the show promises, no one really thinks the jugglers, dancers and novelty acts are going to be pop culture’s Next Big Thing. Not unless one of the contestants steals Angelina Jolie’s child and holds her hostage in the studios of “Entertainment Tonight.”
Still, the acts have been mostly fun enough for summer TV, and the show opened with a strong 12.4 million viewers last week.
But it also was totally forgettable.
One of its producers is “Idol’s” star judge, Simon Cowell, and “America’s Got Talent” badly needs him on camera, which is prohibited by his contract with Fox and “Idol.”
So instead, “America’s Got Talent” uses British journalist Piers Morgan, singer Brandy, and semi-actor David Hasselhoff for the judging and, supposedly, the sniping. Last week, they were all over the map about what kinds of acts should win, like it mattered. That was supposed to mimic the bickering from the “Idol” judges, but it just felt repetitive and dull.
Morgan was a bit demanding, and he has a British accent, but that’s as close as he got to being like Cowell. Cowell has a force to him, and a real ability to cut to the heart of things. Morgan, well, does not. Brandy was nice — like Paula Abdul — but lacked the, um, let’s call it volatility. And Hasselhoff showed the personality of a crescent roll.
So, here’s the point: The contrast with “American Idol” was stark. Randy, Paula and Simon — for all their considerable oddness — have a genuine, unpredictable chemistry about them. They add to the fun. They make it feel like it matters what they say, or, at least what Randy and Simon say.
Turns out, sitting there and adding something to the show, as simple as it looks, is not so easy. There’s a lot of that in TV. Making the tough look effortless is a big part of being good on camera.
For instance, Ryan Seacrest, for all the ego involved, is the perfect host for “Idol.” He moves things along, adds a little excitement and gets out of the way. It looks so unforced and fluid, but that’s because he does it well. And he does it well because he works hard at it.
There’s also a lesson here for all those wannabes on reality shows. There’s a reason why they fizzle out like cheap spark- lers. Show business really does take some talent and skill, beyond winning a game show, a silly race or even shooting an arrow with your feet. Though the arrow thing is pretty cool. - Source: www.sacbee.com
Be sure to catch the show tonigh and comment in the America’s Got Talent Fan Forum
NBC’s America’s Got Talent according to offical rating was watched by over 12.4 million people, for the two hour premier on Wednesday June 21, 2006. Their is an encore performance sheduled for tonight 6-23-06 with a new eposide next wednesday 6-28-06.
The two-hour broadcast was the night’s most-watched program on U.S. television and the highest-rated among viewers aged 18 to 49 — the prime-time audience that matters most to advertisers, Nielsen Media Research reported on Thursday.
Averaging 12.4 million total viewers, it also marked NBC’s strongest Nielsen performance in the Wednesday 9-11 p.m. time slot since April 2005, excluding the network’s Winter Olympics coverage this year.
The 18-49 score notched by “America’s Got Talent” was 84 percent higher than the NBC average for the same time period last summer, and 44 percent above its tally for that slot all last season. NBC finished the regular season fourth in the ratings among the major broadcast networks.