‘America’s Got Talent’ Showrunner Jason Raff Exits After 19 Seasons Over Budget Cuts
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: America’s Got Talent is losing one of its longest-tenured talents. Jason Raff, who has served as showrunner of the long-running NBC hit for 19 seasons, has left the show.
After 482 original episodes including 140 hours of live episodes, Raff told Deadline that he was informed that he was being let go the day after season 19 finished at the end of September due to budget cuts.
Raff also developed and served as showrunner for all of the show’s spinoffs including America’s Got Talent: The Champions, AGT: Extreme, America’s Got Talent: All-Stars and America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League.
Sam Donnelly, who has served as showrunner alongside Raff, will continue as solo showrunner on Season 20 show, which is produced by Fremantle and Syco Entertainment, and will likely air in May 2025.
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