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Kenan Thompson will be following the footsteps of Kelly Clarkson as judge of the live episodes of "America's Got Talent" while Simon Cowell recuperates from his back surgery.TV Line reported that the "Saturday Night Live" alum will take over Cowell's seat for this week's live episodes which will air on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Kenan Thompson will be filling in for Simon Cowell as a judge onafter Cowell injured his back earlier this month.

underwent back surgery over the weekend of Aug. 10 following a bike accident.

Also Read: Kelly Clarkson's 'America's Got Talent' Debut Dominates Tuesday's TV RatingsThe British star took to Twitter last week to make light of the injury, writing, “Some good advice… If you buy an electric trail bike, read the manual before you ride it for the first time.”Production on this 15th season of “America’s Got Talent” resumed back in June after shutting down due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic back in March.

Simon Cowell is on the mend following his back surgery and feels very lucky to have the support of his America’s Got Talent family, a source tells Us Weekly exclusively.“He’s having to miss America’s Got Talent live shows at the moment and just for fun, the production team sent him a giant X and a golden buzzer for while he’s watching,” an insider shared with Us.The producer, 60, broke his back on August 8 while riding an electric bike in Malibu, California.

Simon Cowell was replaced at the America’s Got Talent judging table by Kelly Clarkson during the Tuesday, August 11, live show, everyone is hopeful that will only be a temporary change. Cowell, 60, broke his back on Saturday, August 8, while riding an electric bike.“We have been told he has been recovering tremendously,” judge Howie Mandel, 64, told Entertainment Tonight in an interview posted on Wednesday, August 12.

Simon Cowell has thanked Kelly Clarkson for standing in for him on America’s Got Talent as he recovers after breaking part of his back.

Simon Cowell made headlines this weekend after he was involved in an accident while he was riding an electric bicycle. Cowell broke his back in multiple places after falling from the new bike he’d been testing in the courtyard of his Malibu home.

“America’s Got Talent” is back! Live from Universal Studios Hollywood, the competition show returned Tuesday with acts performing all over the lot and with international acts beamed in via satellite from all over the world.

is back! Live from Universal Studios Hollywood, the competition show returned Tuesday with acts performing all over the lot and with international acts beamed in via satellite from all over the world.Sofia Vergara, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel, along with host Terry Crews, all returned to set, with Simon Cowell noticeably missing after suffering a bike accident on Saturday. Filling in for Cowell was none other than Kelly Clarkson.

LOS ANGELES -- “America's Got Talent” topped the ratings last week, but it faces the absence of Simon Cowell, seriously injured in an electric bicycle accident. Cowell, the NBC talent contest's creator and linchpin of its judging panel, underwent surgery for a broken back last Saturday, just before the show kicked off its live episodes this week.

Kelly Clarkson has jumped in to replace Simon Cowell as a judge on America’s Got Talent.Cowell has been forced to sit out the rest of the current season after breaking his back in a weekend bike accident and now the singer who owes her career to the music mogul is joining the show as a judge.Clarkson will take over Cowell’s seat alongside Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, and Sofia Vergara on Tuesday and Wednesday (August 11-12, 2020) as the show returns.“My friend, Simon Cowell, is doing better now but

Kelly Clarkson will fill in for Simon Cowell as judge on America’s Got Talent while the X Factor star recovers  after breaking part of his back.

Simon Cowell and Sofia Vergara, along with host Terry Crews, who explained how the crew is safely producing the competition show live.«A few weeks ago, we were having this conversation, and I thought it wasn't going to happen,» Cowell admitted to ET's Kevin Frazier. «I mean, there are so many hoops you gotta go through, right? But I think we pulled it off.

is on the mend following surgery after he broke his back in an electric bike accident at his Malibu, California home on Saturday.“My friend, Simon Cowell, is doing better now but was in an accident and won’t be able to make Tuesday and Wednesday’s live shows for AGT.