Here's a LiveJournal post from April from "whipchick," a member of an established novelty act who finally succumbed to appearing on what is obviously "America's Got Talent" (referred to as "America's Got Lawsuits (If You Reveal the Outcome Before the Episode Airs)" and with obvious references to Howard, Sharon, Howie and Nick), their shock at getting booed by the audience and buzzed by the judges and the subsequent discovery that the crowd may've been cued to respond in a fait accompli: http://whipchick.livejournal.com/12805.html H/T Andy Denhart, who reports on the post here: http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/americas_got_talent_7/2012_Jun_11_rigged Of course, it's no secret that, like "Idol," the acts go through vetting before meeting the judges in the auditions, the credits on these shows often have a disclaimer that the judges do confer with the producers on some decisions, and that the ultimate decision in the live performance shows is that of the viewers, one could still wonder if we have a reason for something like the scandals and the networks being forced to reconfigure the Standards and Practices departments that used to police the game shows after the quiz scandals but have been dismantled in the last decade.
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