Howie Mandel News

This year, the ASCAP Screen Music Awards took to the screen itself to honor 2020's winning music creators.

ASCAP raises the curtain on its second virtual celebration of annual award winners today through June 25, recognizing its top film, television and video game composers as recipients of 2020 ASCAP Screen Music Awards.

Five years after Howie Mandel pushed the Golden Buzzer for him on 'America's Got Talent', comedian Drew Lynch is taking on a new frontier.  As most of the world shelters at home because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Lynch has found a new stage created by the innovative team at L7 Touring.  InCrowd is an original multimedia concept using production technology to create an interactive stage where performers can see, feel and laugh with the crowd from the safety of their living rooms.

Doing Things Media announced a development deal with comedy duo Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim's production company Abso Lutely Productions for a television series based on Doing Things' viral internet series All Gas No Brakes. 

Kenan Thompson, Billy Crystal, Tiffany Haddish and Byron Allen will serve as co-hosts for the two-hour comedy special “Feeding America Comedy Festival” on Sunday, May 10 from 7-9 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.

NBC is teaming with Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios and Funny Or Die for the two-hour comedy special a?oeFeeding America Comedy Festivala?? on Sunday, May 10 from 7-9 p.m. ET/PT. The all-star event will feature a plethora of today's biggest comedy superstars to support and raise money for America's largest hunger-relief organization, Feeding America.

NBC has announced the premiere dates for the new seasons of America's Got Talent and World of Dance!NBC has announced the premiere dates for the new seasons of America's Got Talent and World of Dance! America's Got Talent will premiere on Tuesday, May 26 from 8-10 p.m. ET/PT and World of Dance will follow on May 26 from 10-11 p.m. ET/PT.

While America is safely home social distancing, we wanted to share some exciting news. America's Got Talent is once again taking online auditions for the upcoming Season 15!

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City announced today that effective immediately the resort destination will suspend entertainment taking place inside Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena, Sound Waves, Howie Mandel's Comedy Club and DAER Nightclub until April 15.

After performing in over 100 sold out casinos throughout the United States and touring worldwide, The Clairvoyants are kicking off 2020 with a brand new interactive live show in which audiences will be involved throughout the show and will experience the magic in their minds and hands. In addition to never before seen tricks, The Clairvoyants Experience will feature the duo's dog, Mr. Koni Hundini, as part of the show taking place on Saturday, March 14 at 8:00 pm at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, 14900 La Mirada Blvd. in La Mirada. To prepare myself for The Clairvoyants Experience, I wanted to find out more about Thommy Ten and Amelie van Tass, the two extraordinary clairvoyants who are taking the world by storm.

Acclaimed actress and international superstar Sofia Vergara joins NBC's summer hit “America's Got Talent” as a new judge this season, alongside returning judge and global fashion icon Heidi Klum. Executive producer Simon Cowell returns to the star-studded judging panel with fan-favorite comedian Howie Mandel. Dynamic star of NBC's “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” Terry Crews returns as host of America's #1 summer show.

With the arc of an arm, the point of a toe or the twist of a torso, America's Got Talent finalists CATAPULT Entertainment stretch their bodies and audiences' imaginations in Magic Shadows. Animated by the dancers' shadows, this choreographic work uses a kaleidoscope of colorful storytelling to create beautiful, cinematic scenes. Watch Magic Shadows take shape at New Victory Theater from April 3 - 19, 2020.

Superfans representing all 50 states have voted and crowned the India-based dance group V.Unbeatable as the second season winner of “America's Got Talent: The Champions.”

After a nearly sold-out run in 2019, magician and mentalist Gary Ferrar returns to The Oxbow Tavern on the Upper West Side, with his unique and intimate magic show, NOTHING HERE IS REAL.

New shows on sale at bergenPAC: Gringolombia on Friday, June 26, 2020 at 8 p.m.; Howie Mandel on Saturday, June 27, 2020 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Friday, Jan. 31, 2020 at 11 a.m. at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling bergenPAC's Box Office at (201) 227-1030.

FOX is partnering with Emmy Award-winning talk show host Ellen DeGeneres to produce THE MASKED DANCER, a new celebrity competition show based on the smash hit FOX series THE MASKED SINGER and inspired by a popular segment featured on 'The Ellen Show.'

Piff The Magic Dragon, has toured with Mumford & Sons, appeared on a?oePenn & Teller,a??  a?oeAmerica's Got Talenta?? and won multiple awards from British Magic Societies. If you're not familiar with Piff and his sidekick Mr. Piffles, The World's Only Magic Performing Chihuahua, think Larry David in a dragon suit, blowing your mind with magic tricks.

NBC (3.341 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.6, #1) claimed the adults 18-49 crown on Thursday thanks to 'Miss America 2020' (3.609 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T1) followed by a rebroadcast of 'Gwen Stefani's You Make It Feel Like Christmas' (2.805 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T4).

NBC kicks off 2020 with the biggest names in music for an evening of holiday fun with “NBC's New Year's Eve 2020,” which will feature performances from X Ambassadors, Brett Eldredge, Julianne Hough, NE-YO, Leslie Odom Jr., Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and The Struts.

“Let's join hands and stand in a circle” isn't just the chorus of this year's holiday song from writers Avery Pearson & Jordan Baum, benefittng the non-profit Comedy Gives Back, but the foundation for a new initiative being activated by the organization. Comedy Gives Back: Taking Care of Our Own benefits stand-up comedians in times of need, whether it's emergency financial relief grants, access to mental health services or substance abuse treatment. Being on-stage alone is the job. Feeling alone offstage is unacceptable, and Comedy Gives Back is changing that.