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Terry Crews could not be more excited for America’s Got Talent Season 20.
Talking to Newsweek, the presenter of America’s biggest talent show offered a sneak peak of what its millions of viewers are in for.
“I’m very, very excited,” says Crews. “It’s a brand new format that I’m really excited about. There’s been kind of a makeover on our 20th season where we have done a lot more behind the scenes. I’m really excited for everyone to see this because it’s a way of seeing AGT like you’ve never seen it before.”
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Crews, who has hosted America’s Got Talent since 2019, says as well as more backstage access, there’ll be more than a few household names springing up in the wake of this entertainment goliath.
“We have one dancer who gave everything he had on this stage and he got he got a glowing recommendation from the judges. He didn’t get a golden buzzer, but this dancer, I can’t remember his name right now, but he gave everything.”
“So much so,” continues Crews, “that he jumped off the stage and he collapsed in my arms, in a fit of tears, of joy. And I thought, where else in the world can this happen?”
America’s Got Talent Season 20 Release Date
America’s Got Talent Season 20 Tuesday, May 27 at 8/7c on NBC and the next day on Peacock.
America’s Got Talent Season 20 Episode Schedule
See below for the current America’s Got Talent Season 20 episode list. The synopsis for the first episode reads as follows: “Season 20 kicks off with a magician who recruits home viewers to participate, a danger act with a superhuman ability and golden buzzers that captivate the judges; Simon, Mel B, Sofia, Howie and Terry invite cameras behind the scenes.”
- America’s Got Talent Season 20 – Auditions 1: May 27, 2025
- America’s Got Talent Season 20 – Auditions 2: June 3, 2025
- America’s Got Talent Season 20 – Auditions 3: Jun 10, 2025
In addition to America’s Got Talent Season 20, Crews also offered a tantalising update on the next season of beloved animated sitcom Everyone Still Hates Chris.
“We were so sad when it ended and we only were four seasons in,” says Crews of the original live-action sitcom, Everybody Hates Chris, on which the animated show is based. Set in Brooklyn, New York, during the 1980s, it tells the story of comedian Chris Rock’s childhood and adolescence.
“I really feel like it could go as the long as Family Guy or The Simpsons, and it’s so funny. It’s still has the same tone, the same characters…It’s like the fact that this could happen. I just think it’s incredible, man. It’s over 20 years later. It’s unprecedented, especially with the original characters. I don’t think it’s ever been done before.”
Everybody Still Hates Chris Season 2 Release Date
Everybody Still Hates Chris Season 2 is set to release in 2025, but it doesn’t yet have a release date. Everybody Still Hates Chris premiered on September 25, 2024 on Comedy Central.
Between starring in Everybody Still Hates Chris Season 2 and presenting America’s Got Talent Season 20, Crews still has time for collaborations. The actor, former NFL athlete, and professional studio painter, is partnering with Starbucks Sunsera Blend, which you can now buy in grocery stores in whole bean, ground, and K-Cup form. For him it’s a perfect match.
Terry Crews
“One thing that I love to do while I’m painting is have a coffee, and with the Starbucks Sunsera Blend it’s just kind of the ritual that comes with painting and it comes with my artwork, with my sketching, and it’s a beautiful ritual to have.”
Crews, who previously made a living as a courtroom sketch artist, says he has one ambition that sadly looks unlikely to be realised.
“I wish I could go to the mall and sketch people like I used to, but right now I’m too famous. So anybody who saw me out there with pencils and paper and sketching people…I wouldn’t be able to get away with it.”
