# America's Got Talent Holiday Spectacular

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-holiday-spectacular/775206>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 20, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-holiday-spectacular/775206 "2016-12-20T03:20:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-holiday-spectacular/775206/1 "2016-12-20T03:20:14Z")

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Just got done watching the America’s Got Talent Holiday show. We liked watching the show (for the most part) when it airs each season, but for this show they brought back lots of acts with a Christmas theme. It’s like a throw-back to the holiday variety shows from years ago - just good family fun.

My question is how and when was this filmed? Was it a one-shot show at Radio City Music Hall? Or was it recorded over multiple nights? Anyone in NYC recall how you could get tickets to this? Or was it all recorded last summer???

Any comments on how The Clairvoyants did their Dickens suit trick? I have some thoughts …

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**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-holiday-spectacular/775206/2 "2016-12-20T12:16:36Z")

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When did this air? I didn’t even know about it. I’d like to try and catch it, we watch the show all the time. Was it acts from previous years or the current season? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-holiday-spectacular/775206/3 "2016-12-20T13:32:45Z")

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Every time I see this franchise I wonder how the hell Nick Cannon finds work. What he adds to this or any show, I cannot fathom.