The third season of the American reality show "America's Got Talent" premiered on NBC on June 17, 2008. The initial trial will be held from January to April in New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and MySpace. Sharon Osborne, Pierce Morgan, and David Hasselhoff returned as judges. Jerry Springer also returned as the host. The drama premiered in the UK 7 months after airing on American independent television, on Singapore Channel 5 in September 2008, and on TVB Pearl in Hong Kong on May 23, 2009. This season, the audition stage has become different. This season, the X (pictured above) and (judging list) on stage match the X borrowed from British Got Talent or this season. After the suspension of the 2008 Summer Olympics for three weeks, this season began live streaming on August 26, 2008