America’s Got Talent to Return for Sixth Season

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has ordered a sixth season of America’s Got Talent from FremantleMedia and Simon Cowell’s Syco Television, with celebrity judges Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel back on board.

Host Nick Cannon will also return next season. This is the fifth consecutive year that the show has ranked as the number one summer series in total viewers. The two-night fifth season finale is set to air on Tuesday, September 14 and Wednesday, September 15.

"AGT continues to be a ratings sensation and has hit it out of the ballpark creatively this season," said Paul Telegdy, the executive VP of alternative programming and production at NBC and Universal Media Studios. "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."