Viewers have come to know Howie Mandel as a judge on NBC's "America's Got Talent" or host of "Deal or No Deal." But he's also an actor and a stand-up, and all of this happened haphazardly.He launched his career by taking the stage at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, more

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, July 18, 2012Wednesday night brought pretty meager ratings across the broadcast networks, as "America's Got Talent," "Big Brother" and "So You Think You Can Dance" were all on the low side.CBS led the night with 5.4 mi more

Another twelve acts took the stage Tuesday night in the hopes of continuing on America's Got Talent . While the night was filled with lackluster performances, one act clearly outshined the rest. The Lightwire Theater's performance as a group of dancing bi more

Fast National ratings for Tuesday, July 17, 2012The ratings for "America's Got Talent" Tuesday dipped some from last week's numbers, but the NBC show was still the night's most-watched program. FOX grabbed the nightly title in adults 18-49, however, thank more

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, July 11, 2012"So You Think You Can Dance" carried FOX to a ratings victory in both total viewers and adults 18-49 on Wednesday, although none of the networks had much to crow about. "America's Got Talent" scored its lo more

It was up to America again, as the judges waited anxiously to find out which four acts from this latest quarter-final round would move on to the semi-finals of " America's Got Talent " (Wed., 9 p.m. ET on NBC). Nick Cannon had a little bit of fun with the more

On Tuesday's episode of America's Got Talent , Howard Stern criticized fellow judge Howie Mandel for his continued support of contestant Big Barry. Barry delivered a lackluster performance of Nina Simone's "Feelin' Good" that elicited an immediate X from more

Fast National ratings for Tuesday, July 10, 2012Ratings for baseball's All-Star Game were relatively low for the second straight year, but the contest still carried FOX to a win for the night. "America's Got Talent," meanwhile, was up for NBC and beat the more