Canadian actor Howie Mandel is set to replace David Hasselhoff as the judge on America’’s Got Talent, it has emerged.
The TV presenter will share the panel with Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan.
“David is leaving… and yes I believe Howie Mandell is replacing [him],” the BBC News quoted Jeff Gaspin, NBC Universal Television Entertainment chairman as telling NBC’’s Television Critics Association panel.
Mandel starred in 1980s drama St Elsewhere after which he ventured into stand-up comedy.
Meanwhile, reports have come that Hasselhoff was dropped from the show over alcohol issues.
