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Kenan Thompson Steps In as AGT Guest Judge for Quarterfinals

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Kenan Thompson Steps In as AGT Guest Judge for Quarterfinals
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Kenan Thompson will serve as a guest judge on NBC's America's Got Talent for the Quarterfinals Round 3 on September 1, filling in for Simon Cowell who is sidelined for back surgery after his 2020 e-bike accident; Thompson previously sat alongside the judges in 2020 and, this season, becomes the first guest judge during the live quarterfinals, with Mel B, Howie Mandel and Sofia Vergara at the judging table for that episode.

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