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Roy Wood Jr. Named Host of CNN's Comedy Series 'Have I Got News for You'
EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Show alum Roy Wood Jr. has been tapped to host Have I Got News For You, CNN's adaptation of the long-running British comedy panel show. Produced by Hat Trick Productions, the company behind the BBC original, for CNN Originals, the 10-episode limited series will premiere September 14 and air Saturdays at 9 p.m. It will be available to stream on Max the following day.
The panel comedy series features comedic observations ranging from satirical to surreal through the lens of a news quiz show. And Wood, who spent eight years on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and headlined the 2023 White House Correspondents Dinner, didn’t miss the opportunity to comment on current events during his announcement of Have I Got News For You, taking a swipe at Donald Trump’s “black jobs” comment during the presidential debate in June.
“For far too long, immigrants have come to America and taken black jobs, kudos to CNN and the immigrants at Hat Trick Productions for bringing a black job to the US,” he said. “It’s an honor to be part of such a hallowed British institution to help make sense of the American institutions of chaos, name-calling, disinformation, reality TV and the 8-hour news cycle.”
