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Posted Jul 2nd 2009 1:04AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent
(S04E04) "Houston, we have a problem." - Piers about the Houston, Tx, contestants
Yesterday, America's got magic. Tonight, America's got a problem. Yet, another episode filled mostly with bad or subpar acts. I don't get why the editors don't ensure a good balance between good and bad acts in each episode. Actually, I don't get why they don't show more of the good acts that are voted through so that we get to know the performers right from the start so they all have an even chance to get our votes. I guess I'm not cut out to be a reality TV show editor!
Let's give our two cents about the bad acts of the night, including Divani; Jolie, Lester and their lawnmower; Rusty "They don't understand Broadway" Reece, and Marti "The most annoying man in Miami" Brill.
Continue reading America's Got Talent: Audition show 4
Posted Jul 1st 2009 12:28AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent
(S04E03) "America's Got Magic." - Read on the magic box used by a contestantAmerica definitely got some magic tonight, as this was the first episode of the season where there were more good acts and not-so-bad ones than there were bad acts.
Before I give my two cents about the performances and let you comment on them, as well, I need to raise the issue of sponsoring. It looks like
Orville Redenbacher is now sponsoring
America's Got Talent. So far, it was done with some taste -- just a sort of "pop corn" ad telling us to watch the show -- but I'm afraid it may become as intrusive as
the "Gone Completely Crakers" were last season. Let's hope we won't get a "Poppin' It" segment similar to the "Crakers" one, as they were boring and used good air time that could have been given to good performances.
Continue reading America's Got Talent: Audition show 3
Posted Jun 25th 2009 12:17AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, TV Squad Polls, Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent
(S04E02) "I think you should both get in the suitcase and mail yourself home." - The Hoff to two "dancers" who used a suitcase to hide one of them as part of the actAfter last night's season premiere of
America's Got Talent, some of the
TV Squad readers chimed in with comments to let us know that they didn't like Nick Cannon much as host. At first, I thought he wasn't that bad, yet not that good.
After reading your comments and paying closer attention to him tonight, I must agree that he is not that good and that the camera focuses way too much on his off-stage, not-that-interesting reactions when it should focus on the performance. Let's hope he improves in time and that the writers give him better lines than those we heard Jerry say over and over again in the past seasons.
Continue reading America's Got Talent: Audition show 2
Posted Jun 24th 2009 12:34AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent
(S04E01) "This place is absolutely barkin' mad." - Sharon about SeattleThis year's season premiere of
America's Got Talent was about the same as
last year's and the previous one: same montage of bad and good acts, instant reactions from the host backstage, the same type of comments from Piers, Sharon and the Hoff, and the last act being one where the contestants have a touching story and are great performers.
The main difference was the change in host --
Nick Cannon took over for Jerry Springer -- and the fact that a contestant, whose act was singing and playing guitar, decided to profess his love to The Hoff! That was probably the highlight of the entire two-hour premiere.
Continue reading America's Got Talent: Audition show 1
Posted Jun 22nd 2009 2:27PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, America's Got Talent
"The biggest talent search in the history," as former
America's Got Talent host Jerry Springer used to say over and over again, is beginning
its fourth season on Tuesday.
Judges David Hasselhoff, Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan will return to give their two cents about the acts performed on stage in front of them. One cast change is the arrival of
Nick Cannon as host. Let's hope that Nick won't read the teleprompter too much and will have better interactions with the contestants than Springer did.
Want to know more about this season's
AGT? Details coming up!
Continue reading Are you ready for America's Got Talent to take over your summer?
Posted Apr 18th 2009 2:29PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Music and Variety, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Well, Andy Warhol said everyone gets 15 minutes of fame, but has Susan Boyle's quarter-hour already expired? That's the opinion of New York columnist Michael Musto, but I think his Rolex knock-off is running fast.
Musto thinks Boyle is done, but, you watch, Susan will be around for at least another week or two.
She was on
Larry King Live on Friday. There's rumors that she's going to appear on
Oprah, and I wouldn't put it past
American Idol and Simon Cowell to spring her on us, giving 20 million Americans a chance to be amazed by her sweet voice and reviled by her hairy eyebrows.
Continue reading Is Susan Boyle done already?
Posted Apr 6th 2009 4:26PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, The Apprentice, Episode Reviews
I admit it, I've been watching
The Celebrity Apprentice and I have been entertained by every minute of it. Yes, it doesn't take much to amuse me on Sunday nights, as you can see, but those of you who do watch the show must agree that this season's crop brings the drama!
The cast may not include
Omarosa and Piers,
last season's winner, but
Dennis Rodman, Clint Black, Annie Duke, Joan and Melissa Rivers stepped up to the drama plate.
Warning! If you haven't watched last night's episode yet, stop reading this post now and come back once you've watched it because I know you'll want some place to discuss the boardroom drama.
Continue reading Did Trump go off his rocker on last night's Celebrity Apprentice?
Posted Feb 12th 2009 4:27PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Casting, Reality-Free, America's Got Talent
Last week, we learned that
Jerry Springer would not return as host of NBC's
America's Got Talent due to other commitments. TV Squad readers and I made a few suggestions to the network as to who could take on the role: David Hasselhoff, Brian Dunkleman, Neal Patrick Harris, and George Hamilton. The network went with option 5:
Nick Cannon.
As you can see, the audition and elimination process to find a new host was quite fast when compared to the months it takes to discover the next greatest sensation in America on the show! For sure, Cannon didn't have to perform in front of a live audience and the show's three judges -- Piers Morgan, David Hasselhoff and Sharon Osbourne -- to get the job.
Continue reading America's Got Talent discovers a new host
Posted Feb 6th 2009 2:01PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Watercooler Talk, Celebrities, Casting, America's Got Talent
Back at the very end of August, it was announced that NBC's
America's Got Talent was renewed for a fourth season. When I wrote about this renewal, I included a few ideas to revamp the series because even if
AGT is one of the most popular summer shows, it doesn't mean we like everything about it!
Let's go down memory lane and remind ourselves of the first suggestion I wrote in that post:
- Change the host. Jerry Springer reads the teleprompter way too much. Also, his interactions with the contestants are sometimes painful to watch because Springer doesn't know what to tell them or how to act around them.
Could it be that the show's Powers That Be read my post? (Please don't burst my bubble here and let me think for a few seconds that I actually played a part in making my suggestion come true.) AOL announces today that
Jerry Springer is leaving AGT!
Continue reading America's Got Talent seeking new host
Posted Jan 9th 2009 1:03PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, The Apprentice, Celebrities, Casting
Yesterday, NBC
revealed the cast for the second edition of
Celebrity Apprentice, an announcement that
had been made in October but somehow kept under wraps by the press until now. How did that happen? Well, my guess is that the press got a look at the names of the "celebrities" on the list and determined that they weren't leak-worthy.
I mean, really ... Dennis Rodman? Dice Clay? Tom Green? Joan and Melissa Rivers? A Kardashian sister that isn't Kim? No wonder why the only people who leaked the news were Letterman and Conan; they cast is barely even worthy of late-night monologue scorn.
Continue reading Can the Celebrity Apprentice succeed when there's no writers' strike?
Posted Oct 8th 2008 5:09PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: The Apprentice, Celebrities, Casting
In case you forgot, yes,
The Celebrity Apprentice got
picked up for a second season. I must admit that I was entertained by the first season (mostly thanks to
winner Piers Morgan and his antics). If they follow about the
same schedule as last year, NBC will announce the second season's cast in about a month. What does this mean to us? That it's time to play, "Will these celebrities be part of the next
Celebrity Apprentice?" game!
Continue reading Will these celebrities be part of the next Celebrity Apprentice?
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
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