Following the success of the first season of "America's Got Talent", NBC opted to commission further seasons of the program for its foreseeable future. As part of the network's original plan for the second season, the new episodes that were commissioned were intended for broadcast in the network's Winter 2007 schedule, with the results of each live round aired on the same day. However, executives and researchers raised concerns that such a decision would place "America's Got Talent" in a direct competition for viewing ratings with the sixth season of "American Idol", due to aired around the same period. NBC eventually dropped the plan, and set the program up for its Summer schedule that year, allocating the arranged broadcasting slot to .