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America the Beautiful
America the Beautiful: American patriotic song, lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates (1893, Pikes Peak) set to Samuel Ward's 1882 hymn tune Materna; unofficial second anthem, widely sung in churches.
America West Airlines
America West Airlines was a Phoenix, Arizona-based low-cost airline founded after deregulation in 1983 that grew into one of the largest United States carriers before merging with US Airways in 2005.
America-class amphibious assault ship
The America class is a class of big-deck amphibious assault ships built for the United States Navy to carry Marines, F-35B fighters, and MV-22 Ospreys.
America: The Motion Picture
America: The Motion Picture is a 2021 Netflix R-rated adult animated comedy, directed by Matt Thompson and written by Dave Callaham, in which a chainsaw-wielding George Washington avenges werewolf Benedict Arnold's murder of Abraham Lincoln during a revisionist American Revolution.
America's Army
America's Army: free U.S. Army first-person shooter series launched July 4, 2002, the first game produced directly by the U.S. Military as a recruitment tool; 15 million players by 2018, servers later shut down.
America's Best Dance Crew
America's Best Dance Crew is an American competitive dance reality series that premiered on MTV in 2008. It was produced by Randy Jackson and hosted by Mario Lopez.
America's Culinary Cup
America's Culinary Cup is a CBS cooking competition created and hosted by Padma Lakshmi, with judges Michael Cimarusti and Wylie Dufresne, in which 16 elite chefs compete for a $1 million prize across 11 episodes in 2026.
America's Cup
America's Cup, oldest international sporting trophy, won by schooner America at Cowes 22 August 1851; governed by Deed of Gift; held by Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (Emirates Team New Zealand, five wins), next Match Naples 2027 in AC75 foiling monohulls.
America's Funniest Home Videos
America's Funniest Home Videos (AFV) is ABC's longest-running primetime entertainment show, a viewer-submitted home-video clip competition created by Vin Di Bona, premiered November 26, 1989, hosted successively by Bob Saget, Tom Bergeron, and Alfonso Ribeiro.
America's Funniest People
America's Funniest People: ABC reality comedy series (1990-1994), a Vin Di Bona follow-up to America's Funniest Home Videos hosted by Dave Coulier and Arleen Sorkin, featuring staged amateur routines and a $10,000 prize; VH1 revival premiered October 19, 2026.
America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent (AGT) is NBC's Simon Cowell-created talent competition, premiered June 21, 2006, with a $1 million prize, judged live rounds, US/Puerto Rico-only viewer voting, and Golden Buzzers, flagship of the record-setting Got Talent franchise.
America's Got Talent season 19
America's Got Talent season 19 (2024) is the NBC variety competition's 2024 season, judged by Cowell, Klum, Vergara, and Mandel with host Terry Crews; janitor-singer Richard Goodall won the $1 million prize and a Kia EV9.
America's Got Talent season 21
America's Got Talent season 21 (2026), the NBC talent competition's 21st season, aired June 2 to September 23 with judges Cowell, Mandel, Mel B, and Vergara, host Terry Crews, a new Judges' Callbacks round, and winner Nene Royal of Thailand.
America's Got Talent: The Champions
America's Got Talent: The Champions is an NBC spin-off (2019-2020) of AGT in which winners and finalists from the global Got Talent franchise competed for the title of World Champion; season 1 winner Shin Lim, season 2 winner V.Unbeatable, two seven-episode seasons.
America's Most Wanted
America's Most Wanted is an American reality television series, hosted for nearly its entire run by John Walsh, that profiles wanted fugitives through dramatized reenactments and viewer tips.
America's Next Top Model
America's Next Top Model (ANTM) is Tyra Banks' reality modeling competition, 24 cycles, 319 episodes, 2003-2018 on UPN, The CW, and VH1, later reexamined by Netflix's 2026 docuseries Reality Check and Banks' defamation lawsuit.
America's Sweetheart
America's Sweetheart is an unofficial media title for a public figure widely admired by the American public, made famous by Mary Pickford during World War I.
America's Sweethearts
America's Sweethearts is a 2001 American romantic comedy directed by Joe Roth, written by Billy Crystal and Peter Tolan, starring Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and John Cusack.
America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders is a Netflix documentary series by Greg Whiteley following the DCC squad from auditions through the NFL season; three seasons since 2024, tied to pay raises and 2026 unionization.
America's Test Kitchen
America's Test Kitchen (ATK), founded 1992 in Boston, is a culinary media company behind Cook's Illustrated, Cook's Country, and the PBS show, known for recipes tested dozens of times by staff and 30,000 volunteer home testers.
AmericaFest
AmericaFest (AmFest) is Turning Point USA's annual December conservative conference at the Phoenix Convention Center, first held in 2021; the 2025 edition drew a record ~30,000 and featured public MAGA infighting over Israel and Nick Fuentes.
American (word)
American (word): English demonym and adjective from America, coined 1507 after Amerigo Vespucci. Originally meant Indigenous peoples of the hemisphere; since the late 18th century it primarily denotes U.S. citizens, a usage debated in Latin America.
American Academy of Arts and Letters
American Academy of Arts and Letters: New York honor society founded 1898 as the National Institute of Arts and Letters; 300 life members in Architecture, Art, Literature, Music; awards over 70 prizes annually.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, founded in 1780 in Massachusetts by John Adams and others, is an honorary society and independent research center; it has elected over 14,500 members, publishes Daedalus, and awards the Rumford Prize.
American Academy of Dermatology
The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) is a professional medical society of dermatologists founded in 1938 and based in Rosemont, Illinois, with more than 21,000 members worldwide.
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA), founded 1884 by Franklin Haven Sargent in New York, the first English-speaking acting conservatory; offers AOS, advanced certificate, and new BFA at 120 Madison Avenue, MSCHE and NAST accredited.
American Academy of Neurology
American Academy of Neurology (AAN), professional society of neurologists founded 1948 by A.B. Baker, headquartered in Minneapolis; 40,000+ members, publishes Neurology and Continuum, sets expert-witness and conduct standards, and advocates for brain health.
American Academy of Ophthalmology
The American Academy of Ophthalmology, or AAO, is the largest professional association of ophthalmologists in the United States, incorporated as an independent organization in 1979.
American Academy of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery
The American Academy of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) is a professional society for ear, nose, and throat surgeons, founded in 1896 with about 13,000 members.
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is a United States professional society for sleep medicine practitioners, founded in 1975, with over 11,000 members and 2,300 accredited sleep centers.