Posted Oct 4th 2008 3:03PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Watercooler Talk, America's Got Talent
If you've been reading my
America's Got Talent reviews over the summer, you know I was not happy with
last week's results. But since I'm a passive viewer (aka I do not vote), I had to accept America's choice as best new act in America. Since the finale aired, I've been reading comments TV Squad readers left on our site and what the
Entertainment Weekly AGT reviewer and readers had to say about the winner. Reading those comments left me with one question: who voted for the winner anyway?
Continue reading America's Got Talent aftermath: fan reactions against the winner
Posted Oct 1st 2008 10:29PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Reality-Free, America's Got Talent
(S03E17) "The best new act in America." - The NarratorNot to worry, I won't spoil who won the
America's Got Talent before the jump. So since I have space to kill before I chit chat about the result show, let's use it for stats, shall we?
The first episode of the season aired on June 17, meaning that we spent 3 months and a half watching the competition unfold. In total, we've spend 31 hours and 13 minutes (including commercials) watching acts ranging from the awful to amazing as well as listen to the judges comments and Jerry reminding us that it's "One winner, one nation." Why 13 minutes? Well, the president's address last week cut the Top 5 episode short to 43 minutes according to NBC.
Now that I've used a few lines with stats that make us sound like people who didn't have much to do over the summer, let's get down to business....
Continue reading America's Got Talent: Episode 317 (season finale)
Posted Oct 1st 2008 6:00AM by Maggie Furlong
Filed under: Interviews, America's Got Talent
The stars were out at NBC's big fall kick-off party, but no one was having as much fun as Jerry Springer and Piers Morgan.
The two opposing sides of some very emotional dice on
America's Got Talent actually get along famously ... when they're not still bickering over whether a certain 4-year-old contestant should've gone home.
We talked to Jerry and Piers about what they're looking for on the show, whose name gets chanted the most and why Springer has become a total softie.
Continue reading Quick Chat with Jerry Springer & Piers Morgan
Posted Sep 25th 2008 8:05AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent
(S03E16) "Tonight is the night you choose your winner." - JerryHaving watched
America's Got Talent all summer long, I should have been looking forward to this week's episode, especially since we were treated to the final performances. Somehow, I found myself not caring. I actually ended up surfing the web while watching the episode, something I usually never do. Could it be because the presidential address to the nation on the economy killed the mood? Or maybe it was because the finalists basically gave performances that were similar to what they've been giving us all season?
Continue reading America's Got Talent: Episode 316
Posted Sep 19th 2008 7:00AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent
(S03E15B) "I can promise you some major shocks." - JerryShocks? What shocks?
America's Got Talent's Top 5 is actually what the TV Squad readers and myself predicted after watching the
Top 10 performances. Who made the cut and what I thought of Natasha Bedingfield's performance coming up!
Continue reading America's Got Talent: Episode 315B
Posted Sep 18th 2008 12:01AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent
(S03E15) "You got everyone in this room including a girl I'm dating." - The Hoff to Joseph HallOther performers "got everyone in this room" as The Hoff said because the Top 10 offered a good number of fantastic performances. It will be difficult for America to vote for the
America's Got Talent winner next week because the competition is fierce. This week, the judges actually told at least three performers, in one way or another, that they were front runners but there can be only one winner. But first, they must get voted through to the Top 5. Who will make the cut?
Continue reading America's Got Talent: Episode 315
Posted Sep 11th 2008 10:32PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent
(S03E314B) "Who's life will change tonight?" - The Voice-Over GuyAmerica's Got Talent's Mr. Voice-Over Guy was right, someone's life changed this week. Well, technically 10 lives changed during the results as Jerry announced the acts that made it to the Top 10. These ten amazing and not-so-amazing acts now have a chance to win a million dollars and headline a show in Vegas (I'm sure you were able to finish my sentence before completely reading it since Jerry said the latter part of it 10 times tonight!).
There were some surprises, a heart-stopping moment, and some "what were they thinking" moments during this rather dry but to the point 30-minute results show.
Continue reading America's Got Talent: Episode 314B
Posted Sep 10th 2008 11:50PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent
(S03E14) "I'm looking for the next Terry Fator." - PiersWell, Piers, I think what you are looking for is for Nuttin But Stringz, pictured right, to win this season of
America's Got Talent. I doubt they'll get a 100 million dollars five-year deal but the brothers are rockin' the house and making the crowd go wild! They could easily win this competition and headline their own show on the Vegas strip. We'll soon discover if America thinks so too!
Continue reading America's Got Talent: Episode 314
Posted Sep 10th 2008 8:02AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent
(S03E13) "The battle for the Top 10 begins." - JerryLittle Kaithlyn pictured on the right was one of the final performers who got to hear if they made it to the Top 20 or not at the start of Episode 313 of NBC's
America's Got Talent. Now that the Top 20 has been revealed, they are, as Jerry pointed it out, going to battle it out for a spot in the Top 10. Performers need to step it up as the competition gets more and more serious.
In order to decide the Top 10 performers, we will have to sit through four hours and a half of
AGT this week. Yes, you read correctly, four hours of hearing Jerry remind us how great the show is, see Piers X contestants, listen to Sharon asking performers to bring more attitude to their act next week, and see The Hoff be all emotional after watching the acts. The four hours are broken down as follows: two two-hour-long live episodes (one down, one to go) and one 30-minute result show on Thursday at 8:30.
Continue reading America's Got Talent: Episode 313
Posted Sep 4th 2008 12:40AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent
(S03E12) "My favorite act in the competition." - Piers to Nuttin But Stringz"The biggest talent search in the history," as Jerry puts it, got a tad better with episode 312 thanks to performances such as the one offered by Nuttin But Stringz. The violinist brothers definitely raised up the ante and they totally deserved being the last Top 40 act to perform. Even if the duo helped put the show back on track, a good number of the acts performed in this episode were just not good enough. Yes, I know, I'm repeating myself. But until the judges make sane decisions (are they capable of such a thing?) and put in the Top 40 only acts that really deserve being there, I think the words "not good enough" and "what were they thinking" will be the norm when reviewing
America's Got Talent.
Continue reading America's Got Talent: Episode 312
Posted Sep 2nd 2008 11:23PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent
(S03E11) "It's too good this year!" - The HoffIn case you didn't hear,
America's Got Talent was
renewed for a fourth season. This was, of course, because of amazing ratings that made the show number 1 last week. However, if the judges keep letting poor acts go through to the Top 40, they'll lose viewers every week. The Hoff must be watching different performances than we are because the show is not that good this year. Actually, out of the 10 acts shown in episode 311, half got Xed by at least Piers. Okay, he may be trigger happy, but those acts deserved it.
Continue reading America's Got Talent: Episode 311
Posted Aug 28th 2008 11:20AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Pickups and Renewals, America's Got Talent
In one of the most unsurprising news of the day,
NBC announces that it is renewing America's Got Talent for a fourth season. The "greatest show in the world," as host Jerry Springer says, is the most-watched summer show so it's no wonder the network wants to continue the adventure and make more money in the process.
Even if millions of viewers watch
America's Got Talent weekly, it doesn't mean they are not tired of of some aspects of the show. Some changes are needed if the producers and the network want to score the same ratings next season and maybe bring on new viewers. Here are some of my suggestions:
Continue reading More America's Got Talent coming our way
Posted Aug 28th 2008 12:02AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent
(S03E10) "This is not talent." - Piers to the ZOOperstars!Disappointment. That's the right word to sum up how I felt after watching this two-hour episode of NBC's
America's Got Talent. The performances were so not up to standards that it was difficult to decide which five acts should move on. After reading
a comment written by TV Squad visitor Mitch, I also paid attention to the editing and directing of the live show and I must say that it also was disappointing. The silver lining? Viewers used common sense when voting for
Episode 3.09's performances.
Continue reading America's Got Talent: Episode 310
Posted Aug 27th 2008 1:03PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, America's Got Talent
Several billion years ago, give or take a few billion, a few neutrons decided to get together with a few protons and form what has been called the Big Bang, which pretty much started the universe as we know it. As things cooled down stars, galaxies, and planets were born. On the planet we know as Earth some primordial ooze became cozyu with their amino acid friends, creating the baseline needed for life. At about that same time this season of America's Got Talent premiered aired on NBC.
Okay, I may be exaggerating a bit here, and my science may be slightly off, but it does seem to me that AGT has been on the schedule a bit too long. Premiering on June 17th, most of the shows that aired before the Olympic break have been just the tryouts. Only the very end of July and first few weeks in August dealt with the callbacks and elimination of those initially chosen by Piers, Sharon and the Hoff. Finally, we are now into the live competitions and eliminations, which means two nights of AGT a week for the next several weeks. According to the schedule posted at NBC's media site, that puts the finale of the show around October 1st! Nah, that can't be right.
Continue reading Believe it or not, America's Got Talent is not over yet
Posted Aug 27th 2008 12:04AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent
(S03E09) "The search for the best new act in America continues." - JerryAs Jerry said, the competition ain't over yet! (We will actually be watching the show until October!) After taking a short break for a little event called the Olympics,
America's Got Talent is back with a two-hour long episode and it's now time for us to vote for
Neal E. Boyd your favorite act!
Episode 3.09 is the first of four Top 40 episodes, each lasting two hours. Ten acts perform live each episode. The five acts per episode that received the most votes will move on to the Top 20. Let's review the acts that were shown in the first episode of the week and make our predictions as to which one should move on.
Continue reading America's Got Talent: Episode 309
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