Peter White Television EditorKenan Thompson is the latest member of the NBC family to fill in for Simon Cowell on his NBC competition series America’s Got Talent.The SNL star will serve as a guest judge on this Tuesday and Wednesday’s live telecasts of the Terry Crews-hosted AGT, alongside fellow judges Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and Sofia Vergara.
Cowell will skip this season’s opening live shows as he is recovering from a complex back surgery following an electric bike accident over the weekend.In addition to his work on SNL, which he joined in 2003, and comedy competition series Bring The Funny, he stars in upcoming NBC comedy Kenan alongside Don Johnson and Chris Redd.
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