Roy Wood Jr. to Host CNN’s ‘Have I Got News For You’
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV Editor CNN is tapping Roy Wood Jr. to help it make Saturday nights a place for comedy tied to the headlines.
The former “Daily Show” correspondent has been named to host “Have I Got News For You,” a U.S. version of the long-running BBC comedy series.
A ten-episode run will debut Saturday, September 14 at 9 p.m. eastern on CNN, and will air regularly on Saturdays before being made available on Max, the streaming service that is owned by corporate parent Warner Bros.
Discovery. The series joins rebroadcasts of Bill Maher’s HBO roundtable program, “Real Time.” CNN has hopes of branching out into news-driven comedy, according to Amy Entelis, CNN’s executive vice president of talent and content, who told Variety of such plans in a May interview.
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