The NBC audience wept while watching 12-year-old Merrick Hanna perform his robotic storytelling dance Tuesday on “America’s Got Talent.” So did his paternal grandmother, Judith Hanna of Bethesda, ...

Only 12 years old, Merrick made it to the semi-final round of "America's Got Talent" and has previously appeared on popular talent shows like "So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation" and "Lip ...

Merrick Hanna is the world’s saddest robot — and that’s why he’s America’s favorite. “I’m kind of impersonating a robot that’s broken and floppy, pretty much,” the 12-year-old dancer prepped the ...

Famously taciturn TV talent judge Simon Cowell isn’t one to gush. But when it came to appraising the robot-style dancing of 12-year-old Merrick Hanna on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” this summer, he ...

Young robotic Merrick Hanna and tap dancer Ava Brooks, both of San Diego County, were featured on Monday’s debut of “So You Think You Can Dance,” the reality show with a $250,000 top prize. Merrick, ...

When 12-year-old “America’s Got Talent” hopeful Merrick Hanna was looking for a song to accompany his stage interpretation of a malfunctioning android last year, he selected a lilting folk-pop ditty ...

Famously taciturn TV talent judge Simon Cowell isn’t one to gush. But when it came to appraising the robot-style dancing of 12-year-old Merrick Hanna on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” this summer, he ...