Kenan Thompson is the last member of the NBC family to fill in for Simon Cowell on his NBC series America’s Got Talent.
De SNL star will serve as guest judge on this Tuesday and Wednesday night live telecasts of the Terry Crews-hosted AGT, alongside fellow judges Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and Sofia Vergara. Cowell will skip this season’s live shows this season as he recovers from a complex back operation to an electric bike accident over the weekend.
In addition to his work SNL, Where he starred in 2003, and the comedy competition Bring The Funny, he dies in upcoming NBC comedy Kenan alongside Don Johnson and Chris Redd.
Last week, Kelly Clarkson filled in for Cowell on the show, which airs Tuesday from 8-10 a.m. and Wednesday from 8-9 p.m.
America’s Got Talent runs as the number one series this summer across the big four networks in every major event – adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers – as well as with children 2-11 and teens 12- 17. It remains the top alternative series of the summer in total viewers for a 15th consecutive season and has led NBC to 18-49 wins among the big four on every Tuesday night so far this summer.
The current season of AGT averaged a 1.6 rating in adults 18-49 and 10.3 million viewers overall in Live + 7 Nielsens, and its May 26 premiere has been increased to a 3.2 in 18-49 and 14.8 million viewers.
