Kenan Thompson to Fill In for Simon Cowell on 'AGT'

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Kenan Thompson

Kenan Thompson (Image credit: NBC)

Kenan Thompson will be a guest judge on America’s Got Talent Aug. 18-19, filling in for Simon Cowell, who is injured. Kelly Clarkson filled in last week. Cowell, who is also an executive producer on the show, sustained a broken back in an electric bike accident August 8. 

Thompson joins Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and Sofia Vergara as a judge. He joined Saturday Night Live in 2003 and is the star of upcoming NBC comedy The Kenan Show. 

Terry Crews is the host of America’s Got Talent.

The talent program goes for two hours Aug. 18 and one hour Aug. 19. 

America’s Got Talent is averaging a 1.6 rating in viewers 18-49 this summer, according to NBC, with 10.3 million overall viewers in “live plus seven day” Nielsens.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.