EXCLUSIVE:Americas Got Talentis losing one of its longest-tenured talents.

Jason Raff, who has served as showrunner of the long-runningNBChit for 19 seasons, has left the show.

I was offered two shows in the same week.

America’s Got Talent: The Champions with Heidi Klum & Jason Raff

America’s Got Talent: The Champions with Heidi Klum & Jason RaffTrae Patton/NBC

One was a celebrity cooking show and the other wasGotTalent.

It had Simon Cowell, who was pretty big at the time.

Subsequent judges including Jerry Springer, Nick Cannon, Tyra Banks and currently Terry Crews.

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Sofia Vergara and Jason Raff (NBC)

Ever since they handed me that DVD…

I never thought Id get 19 years.

Its definitely bittersweet because I love the show and all of the crew that work on it.