The series premiere and an episode featuring the first part of Las Vegas Week in season six (2011) have each tied for highest rating among adults 18–49, both having a 4.6 rating. For some acts that are eliminated, there is still a chance for advancement by being appointed as that round's "Wildcard". The first season was announced in May 2006, and aired later that year between June 21 to August 17. The most-watched episode has been the finale of season five (2010), with 16.41 million viewers. Auditions were held between October 2011 to February 2012, within the cities of New York, Washington, D.C., The eighth season was aired during 2013, between June 4 to September 18.The ninth season was aired during 2014, between May 27 to September 17.A few changes were made to the program's format in this season.


When the stage was first created it was designed with a "bootcamp" format, under the title of "Between the fourth and ninth season, the format was changed to match that used in From the tenth season, the stage's format was changed to its current arrangement, under the title of "Judge Cuts". The Judges' vote was not a common format element in earlier seasons - in the first season, the judges did not decide on who moved on, instead voting for acts they liked or disliked, while in the second season, they could not vote on acts at all, instead only being able to buzz them. Until the tenth season, this format varied in how it would work - in some seasons, the judges could each individually select an act, or more than one, to move on to the next stage or compete within a special Wildcard round; in other seasons, the Wildcard acts were selected from amongst the auditions and competed in a special round. 'America's Got Talent' Winners - 9/2/15 On tonight's episode of America's Got Talent, the top 5 out of this group of contestants were moved on to the finals.

Participants are then informed of the results, with those receiving the highest votes (i.e.

Auditions took place in Winter - early Spring of that year - televised auditions within Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Houston, The seventh season was aired during 2012, between May 14 to September 13.
Each judge is given a buzzer, and may use it during a performance if they are unimpressed, hate what is being performed, or feel the act is a waste of their time; if a participant is buzzed by all judges, their performance is automatically over.

From the fifth to seventh seasons, acts who did not attend live auditions could instead submit a taped audition online via In the ninth season, the show added a new format to the auditions in the form of the "Golden Buzzer", which began to make appearances within the Starting from the second season, auditions undergo a second stage to secure a place in the live rounds of the competition, though the format for this changed over the course of the program's history.

That name was just revealed moments ago (Wednesday, Sept. 16), and this is how it all went down: The show has also ranked high in the 18–49 demographic, usually rating anywhere from as low as 1.6 to as high as 4.6 throughout its run. In March 2007, NBC announced that Philbin would not be returning as host of the program, and thus revealed that The third season was aired during 2008, between June 17 to October 1; because of the The fourth season was aired during 2009, between June 23 to September 19, and was the first to be broadcast in Springer left the program following the conclusion of the previous season, owing to other TV commitments he had, leading him to be replaced as the program's host by The fifth season was aired during 2010, between June 1 to September 15;As Hasselhoff had signed himself up as the host of a new television program prior to filming of this season beginning,The sixth season was aired during 2011, between May 31 to September 14.

Auditions took place in June within More than 12 million viewers watched the program's premiere episode, a far greater viewing figure than had been achieved by the premiere of The second season was aired during 2007, between June 5 to August 21.