More America's Got Talent coming our way Terry Fator, Filed under: OpEd, Pickups and Renewals, America's Got TalentIn 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.

America's Got Talent: Episode 310 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. Tickets.

Week in Laughs: Mo?Nique, Lisa Lampanelli, Orny Adams ? Mo?Nique ? The outspoken actress-comedian (pictured, at Gower Studios in February) brings her in-your-face comedy to the Irvine Improv Aug. 29-30. Some resume highlights: numerous feature films (Soul Plane, Phat Girlz) and TV shows (The Parkers, Moesha) ? she's one of the Queens of Comedy alongside fellow comics Adele Givens, Laura Hayes and Sommore ? and her first book, Skinny Women Are Evil, was released in April 2003 and became a New York Times bestseller. Showtimes are 8 and 10 p.m. Frid. Bass performance hall.

FORMER MANAGER SUING FATOR It is awfully suspicious that one of his puppets told a joke that went ?Breachofcontract who? (Via myspace.com/terryfator) According to court documents obtained by TMZ, former manager John Raymond is suing Terry Fator for breach of contract and wants a 20 percent piece of Fator's $100 million pie ? plus damages. Fator has a five-year deal with The Mirage to replace Danny Gans. The case was filed Aug. 14 in the Eighth Judicial District Court. Here's how the suit breaks down: Raymond claims . Ticket.

Did Terry Fator "String Out" His Manager? Newly-minted millionaire Ventriloquist Terry Fator is being sued by his former manager.Terry Fator might be about to lose the nice guy image he cultivated on America's Got Talent last year. He's being sued by his ex-manager John Raymond, who alleges that Terry is trying to avoid paying him an (estimated) $20 million commission on his huge Las Vegas contract. Raymond had a 5 year deal with Terry that wasn't set to expire until 2010, but he claims Terry found him .".too nice.".and fired him because. Terry Fator estate.

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America's Got Talent: Episode 309 Bass performance hall tickets, Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent (S03E09) .".Am I good enough.".- A contestant We only heard one contestant ask out loud if he was good enough to be selected for the Top 40. However, it's pretty much a given that each and every contestant asked themselves if they had what it took to make it to the semi-finals. In the last episode before America's Got Talent goes on hiatus because of the Olympics, performers were told if their acts were good enough to move on to the next.

America's Got Talent: Episode 308 Filed under: Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent (S03E08) .".No performance. No discussion. Just the end of the road.".- Jerry One of my favorite parts of shows like America's Got Talent and American Idol are the auditions. I love to see the good, the bad, and the ugly and try to understand why some contestants even thought they had a chance to win it all. The AGT audition process ended last week to make way for Vegas Week. Many of us viewers, including the contestants, thought that. Terry Fator ticket broker.

America's Got Mediocrity .".You gotta have a gimmick.".sings Mazeppa in Gypsy, as she instructs Louise-later Gypsy Rose Lee-how to become a burlesque star. In Mazeppa's case, a badly played trumpet was the gimmick. On America's Got Talent, now in its third season, gimmicks range from banal (off-key moppets, David Hasselhoff's tears) to manipulative (autism, patriotism) to freakish (nearly all impersonators, even if all they impersonate is women). In between there are heavily rouged child contortionists, Chippendale. Bass performance hall ticket broker.

America's Got Talent: Episode 307 ticket brokers, Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent(S03E07) .".Dreams come true on America's Got Talent.".- The Hoff Dreams not only come true on AGT but they are also crushed (and, let's face it, it's a good thing that some dreams are crushed on the show because some acts are just plain wrong). This week, MySpace devotees faced off against the judges.crowd in the hope that their dreams would come true. Does MySpace have talent? Let's review the final auditions of the season. Continu.