The summer TV lineup isn’t complete without a new season of America’s Got Talentand season 19 in the TV schedule 2024 ended with a champion who warmed hearts and wowed the judges with her voice. Today, almost exactly a month after singer Richard Goodall became the latest AGT winning with his covers of JourneyA big change has been announced for the hit series due to budget cuts. Longtime showrunner Jeff Raff is leaving the series after 19 seasons.

When it comes to America’s Got Talentthat equates to almost 500 episodes and almost 150 hours of live television. According to DeadlineJeff Raff learned he was excluded AGT just one day after the season 19 finale, with budget cited as the reason. Thinking back to the day he was given a DVD with a presentation of what would become AGTRaff told the outlet: