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MegaMan775 wrote: Stoshie wrote: Another favorite for me - being able to DVR the show and fast-forward through all the nonsensical talk from the judges.

Did you know that each show averaged one act every 10 minutes? Way too much padding to watch live for my tastes.

The finale was especially bad. 2 hours of mostly filler. And those extras shows prior to the finale, where acts were cut, were unnecessary, too, and way dragged out. Once I timed the span between "and the act that will go on to the finals is..." and the answer  It took 30 seconds.

They need to tighten up those shows, or they will lose at least one viewer. The show's been like that forever, it's not gonna change :P

Even the delay between Tyra being like "and the act that will go on to the finals is..." and when it's actually announced has always been long. I remember people complaining that the show made Darci and Angelica wait their announcement for an unfairly long time last year because they're so young. " Even the delay between Tyra being like "and the act that will go on to the finals is..." and when it's actually announced has always been long." Too true. It's not just this show, either. I'm sure it's being going on for decades, but I first noticed it with "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?", where the contestant would pick his "final answer" and there would be endless dramatic music and flashing lights before it was announced if the answer was correct or not. Still, it's annoying and time-consuming.