--- title: "America's Got Talent names guest judge to fill in for Simon Cowell" description: "Most outlets reported that America's Got Talent announced Kenan Thompson as a guest judge to temporarily replace Simon Cowell, who is stepping away for a medical procedure. The News International added that the procedure is back-related and noted Thompson's long-standing career, while Minute Mirror did not mention Thompson by name but confirmed the temporary change in the judging panel." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/5307-america-s-got-talent-names-guest-judge-to-fill-i site: HarZaviya language: en --- # America's Got Talent names guest judge to fill in for Simon Cowell latest filing 29 Aug 2026, 12:48 PM PKT · 29 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that America's Got Talent announced Kenan Thompson as a guest judge to temporarily replace Simon Cowell, who is stepping away for a medical procedure. The News International added that the procedure is back-related and noted Thompson's long-standing career, while Minute Mirror did not mention Thompson by name but confirmed the temporary change in the judging panel. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Minute Mirror** — [America’s Got Talent names guest judge to fill i...](https://minutemirror.com.pk/americas-got-talent-names-guest-judge-to-fill-in-for-simon-cowell-620669/) · 29 Aug 2026, 12:48 PM PKT > America’s Got Talent is making a temporary change to its judging panel as Simon Cowell steps away from the competition while recovering from a routine medical procedure. The longtime judge will miss several weeks of the NBC talent competition after undergoing a back procedure. Cowell’s representative previously confirmed that the operation was routine and that the 66-year-old music mogul is exp... - **The News International** — [America's Got Talent picks guest judge to fill in for Simon Cowell](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1414048-americas-got-talent-picks-guest-judge-to-fill-in-for-simon-cowell) · 29 Aug 2026, 8:29 AM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing > America's Got Talent has announced Kenan Thompson as a guest judge to temporarily fill in for Simon Cowell, who is stepping away from the show to undergo a back-related medical procedure.Thompson, known for his long-running role on... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Simon Cowell to take break from 'America's Got Talent' due to surgery](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4517-simon-cowell-forced-to-step-away-from-america-s-got-talent) · 24 Aug 2026 · 3 outlets · 85% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 29 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.