Simon Cowell will be absent from "America's Got Talent" for several weeks as he undergoes back surgery, USA TODAY can confirm.

"America's Got Talent" has found a temporary replacement for Simon Cowell, who will be absent from the show as he undergoes a ...

Comedian Kenan Thompson was announced as Simon Cowell’s temporary replacement on the forthcoming “America’s Got Talent” ...

Simon Cowell will miss several weeks of America's Got Talent while he undergoes an operation, but we're told a rotation of ...

Cowell is temporarily stepping away from his longtime position as a judge.

It was the iconic Saturday night singing contest that was as much about the drama as the thousands of hopefuls dreaming of ...

The mogul's procedure will cause him to miss several weeks of the series.

Simon Cowell is going to be missing from "America's Got Talent" for the next couple of weeks while he undergoes a routine procedure related to his back ... TMZ has learned. Sources with direct ...

Simon Cowell's replacement on America's Got Talent has been confirmed, a few days after it was reported that the music mogul ...

Simon Cowell is stepping away from the judges’ table. The longtime "America’s Got Talent" judge will miss weeks of filming as he prepares to undergo a medical procedure related to lingering back ...