{"id":18303,"date":"2021-03-10T18:23:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T23:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=18303"},"modified":"2021-03-10T18:23:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T23:23:06","slug":"nbc-sets-sights-on-summer-with-return-of-three-favorite-competition-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/10\/nbc-sets-sights-on-summer-with-return-of-three-favorite-competition-series\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Sets Sights on Summer with Return of Three Favorite Competition Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9508\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/AGT-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/AGT-logo.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/AGT-logo-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/AGT-logo-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/AGT-logo-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 16th season of &#8220;<em><strong>America&#8217;s Got Talent<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; returns on Tuesday, June 1 (8PM ET\/PT) with a new set of aspiring performers looking to compete for the ultimate $1 million prize. Executive producer Simon Cowell returns to the star-studded judging panel with global fashion icon Heidi Klum, fan-favorite comedian Howie Mandel and acclaimed actress and international superstar Sofia Vergara. Terry Crews, the dynamic co-star of NBC&#8217;s &#8220;<em>Brooklyn Nine-Nine<\/em>,&#8221; also returns as host.<\/p>\n<p>This season promises some of the wildest acts to ever grace the &#8220;<em>AGT<\/em>&#8221; stage after an unprecedented number of submissions poured in from across the country<\/p><div id=\"morty-181328710\" class=\"morty-content morty-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<em>America&#8217;s Got Talent<\/em>&#8221; dominated last summer&#8217;s landscape and ranked as the #1 series on the Big 4 networks in total viewers and led NBC to 18-49 wins among the Big 4 on every Tuesday night (excluding sports). 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Productions&#8217; founders Arthur Smith and Kent Weed along with Brian Richardson, Anthony Storm and Kristen Stabile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;MAKING IT&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/making-it.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6642 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/making-it-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/making-it-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/making-it-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/making-it-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/making-it.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>From executive producers and Emmy Award-nominated hosts Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman, &#8220;<em>Making It<\/em>&#8221; returns for a third season on Thursday, June 3 (8-9PM ET\/PT), reuniting two of pop culture&#8217;s biggest BFFs and celebrating the creativity and craftiness in all of us.<\/p>\n<p>This season&#8217;s eight episodes highlight how making things brings together communities, friends, neighbors and families, serving as a reminder of the importance of positivity and imagination, which is needed now more than ever.<\/p>\n<p>Eight of the most talented makers from across the country will take on a variety of handmade projects with the hopes of impressing Poehler, Offerman and trend expert Dayna Isom Johnson and creative visionary\/author Simon Doonan as judges. 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