America's Got Talent is a televised American talent show competition. It is part of the Got Talent franchise created by Simon Cowell. It premiered on June 21, 2006, after plans for a British edition in 2005 were suspended, following a dispute within the British broadcaster ITV. The show has run for a total of eighteen seasons, with the eighteenth season airing May–September 2023. The current line-up of judges consists of Cowell, Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, and Sofía Vergara. In 2013, a book titled Inside AGT: The Untold Stories was released, providing a description of the seasons, contestants, judges and production techniques of the show.