{"id":1030274,"date":"2026-08-28T22:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T22:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1030274\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T22:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T22:25:47","slug":"kenan-thompson-to-fill-in-for-simon-cowell-on-americas-got-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1030274\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenan Thompson To Fill In For Simon Cowell On &#8216;America&#8217;s Got Talent&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn a full-circle moment, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/kenan-thompson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kenan-thompson\" data-tag=\"kenan-thompson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenan Thompson<\/a> is returning to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/nbc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nbc\" data-tag=\"nbc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC<\/a>\u2018s America\u2019s Got Talent as guest judge for the Quarterfinals Round 3 episode on Sept. 1. He will be filling in for judge <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/simon-cowell\/\" id=\"auto-tag_simon-cowell\" data-tag=\"simon-cowell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Simon Cowell<\/a>, also AGT\u2018s  creator\/executive producer, who has been sidelined by back surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tCowell was not on the show this week as he is taking time off to undergo the procedure, described as routine and linked to the serious e-bike accident he suffered in August 2020, which led to complex spinal injury and long rehab. The recovery took him out of commission from the 2020 season of AGT, with guest judges filling in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThat included Thompson, who sat alongside judges Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and Sofia Vergara as well as host Terry Crews for two episodes during the same stage of the competition, live quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThis is incredible,\u201d Thompson <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/agt-kenan-thompson-makes-guest-judge-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\">said at the time<\/a>. \u201cSeize the moment, if you have nerves turn those nerves into superpowers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn 2020, Thompson was the second guest judge subbing for Cowell, following a stint by Kelly Clarkson. This time, the Saturday Night Live veteran is the first one to take the seat; this week\u2019s live quarterfinal episodes (performances and results) featured Mel B, Mandel and Vergara only behind the judging table. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cA comedy legend is taking over the Judges\u2019 table!,\u201d the show said on IG, announcing Thompson\u2019s  guest appearance. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a full-circle moment, Kenan Thompson is returning to NBC\u2018s America\u2019s Got Talent as guest judge for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1030275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[30],"tags":[4001,171,123192,1030,10041,173,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1030274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-americas-got-talent","tag-entertainment","tag-kenan-thompson","tag-nbc","tag-simon-cowell","tag-tv","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117175490783483537","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1030274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1030275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1030274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1030274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1030274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}