Unless all four vote unanimously on a contestant, the "celebrity talent scouts"' votes do not actually count. A panel of four other judges, consisting of network executives and producers, also casts votes (unanimously) after consulting backstage. This means that if three celebrity panelists vote for one contestant but all four non-celebrity judges do not, that contestant will not make it through. This was brought to light when panelists Drew Carey and 'Brett Butler' objected to contestants not being voted through when they, along with panelist 'Anthony Clark', had voted for them.
The series originally ran on NBC Network from 2003 to 2010. After a hiatus, the series was rebooted for the 8th Season in May, 2014.
On April 22, 2014 the Motion Picture Editor's Guild (IATSE Local 700) announced it had reached a deal with NBCUniversal to unionize after a two day post production crew strike.