America's Got Talent

It’s much better than American Idol, in that contestants are more varied in genre and there are some truly fascinating & spectacular acts. The gauche commercial pop culture framework around it & skinwalker judges are well represented in Black Mirror, but it’s satisfying to see real talent & hard work acquire attention, air time & potential revenue streams.

Given the nature of the show there's a lot of variance on how interesting the talent is. On some level; yes, I do think there is a talent to singing but that doesn't engage me as much as crazy feats of acrobatics. The judges are pretty lame for the most part. Simon can occassionally give out a snarky retort but the other judges are so bland and say so little of substance it bogs down the experience. Though I feel the show, and its variants, have offered so many cool moments that I can't hate it.

Judges make or break a show like this. Consider this one broken.

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They usually don't.