Director's Cut Blog with Frank Macek

Special to the Director's Cut Blog By Mac Mahaffee Calling all Northeast Ohio singers, dancers, magicians, comedians and talents of all ages! The search is underway for new acts to compete on America's Got Talent, NBC's summer smash reality show. And for the first time ever, auditions for the hit NBC reality show will be held in Cleveland! That's right. On December 10, producers for the summer smash will be at the Huntington Convention Center in downtown Cleveland! It’s a great fantastic opportunity to meet the producers of the show and let them see your talent in action. Even if you have never auditioned for anything in your life, it will be a fun way to spend the day and have some stories to tell your friends. You can sign up in advance to audition by clicking here  and then selecting Cleveland. Can't make it to the auditions? You can always audition online at agtauditions.com .

NBC has picked up a sixth season of its hit summer series "America's Got Talent" from FremantleMedia and Simon Cowell's SYCO Television. Celebrity Judges Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel will return to the hit series along with host Nick Cannon. The announcement was made Tuesday by Paul Telegdy, Executive Vice President, Alternative Programming and Production, NBC and Universal Media Studios. "'AGT' continues to be a ratings sensation and has hit it out of the ballpark creatively this season," said Telegdy. "We have a dream team of celebrity judges -- Sharon Osbourne, Howie Mandel and Piers Morgan -- and coupled with our versatile host Nick Cannon, we're looking forward to an even bigger summer next year." This is the fifth consecutive year that "AGT" has ranked as the #1 summer series in total viewers. Season-to-date, the show has averaged a 3.4 rating, 10 share in adults 18-49 and 11.8 million viewers ove...