Beyond TV: Online audition for 'Talent'

YOUTUBE'S 'GOT TALENT' Audition online for a shot at NBC's summer fave "America's Got Talent." (Jackie Evancho did.) The show premieres this year on May 31 with host Nick Cannon, and online winners will be featured in a special YouTube episode. Upload your best stuff by June 9 at nbc.com/agt/auditions or youtube.com/agt.

BEST ADS EVER? What's your pick? Tell CBS for its May 23 TV special "Class of the Commercials: USA vs. the World." You can watch 10 finalists from our country and 10 from around the world, for everything from Coke and Victoria's Secret to Deutsche Postbank and Viagra. After Web users choose a domestic and a foreign favorite, the worldwide winner will be determined during the show by live viewer vote. Click "Clash of the Commercials" under the SHOWS tab at cbs.com.

'CHARACTERS WELCOME' SCREENINGS USA network's "Characters Welcome" brand is sponsoring the ongoing Character Project spotlighting interesting Americans. This weekend, eight short portraits from indie filmmakers are being shown in "screening capsules" around Manhattan -- sleek 18-seat mini-theaters located at Gansevoort Plaza, Flatiron Plaza and South Street Seaport, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. Details at usanetwork.com/character project.