{"id":74337,"date":"2024-08-09T18:22:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T22:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=74337"},"modified":"2024-08-09T18:22:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T22:22:42","slug":"roy-wood-jr-to-host-have-i-got-news-for-you-premiering-saturday-september-14-9pm-et-pt-on-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/09\/roy-wood-jr-to-host-have-i-got-news-for-you-premiering-saturday-september-14-9pm-et-pt-on-cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Wood Jr. to Host &#8220;Have I Got News for You,&#8221; Premiering Saturday, September 14 @ 9PM ET\/PT on CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74339\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/have-i-got-news-for-you-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/have-i-got-news-for-you-poster.jpg 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/have-i-got-news-for-you-poster-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Acclaimed comedian and Emmy\u00ae Award nominee Roy Wood Jr. will host <em><strong>Have I Got News For You<\/strong><\/em>, the much-anticipated American version of the long-running BBC comedy series. Produced by Hat Trick Productions for CNN Originals, the ten-episode limited series will premiere on Saturday, September 14 @ 9PM ET on CNN. <em><strong>Have I Got News For You<\/strong><\/em> will regularly air on Saturdays @ 9PM ET\/PT and will be available to stream on Max the following day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For far too long immigrants have been coming to America and taking black jobs, kudos to CNN and the immigrants at Hat Trick Productions for bringing a Black job to the States,&#8221; said Wood Jr. &#8220;It is an honor to be a part of such a hallowed British institution to help make sense of the American institutions of chaos, name calling, disinformation, reality television, and the 8-hour news cycle.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-2247846950\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Produced by Hat Trick Productions since 1990, <em><strong>Have I Got News for You<\/strong><\/em> is an institution in Britain and now it&#8217;s invading America. This comedy panel series delivers comic observations, from the satirical to the surreal, through the lens of a news quiz show that tests the knowledge of a rotating collection of guests including notable entertainers, political figures, and comedians. Always relevant and topical, <em><strong>Have I Got News for You<\/strong><\/em> serves up a smart and edgy take on the news of the week from host Wood Jr. and two dynamic team captains to be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p>Roy Wood Jr. is a comedian, an Emmy\u00ae-nominated documentary producer, and WGA nominated writer. He served for eight years as a correspondent on Comedy Central&#8217;s Emmy-winning <em>The Daily Show<\/em> (2015-2023). In 2023, Wood guest hosted <em>The Daily Show<\/em> and headlined the <em>White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner<\/em> to its highest ratings since 2017. Wood will appear alongside Keanu Reeves and Jonah Hill in the upcoming AppleTV comedy <em><strong>Outcome<\/strong><\/em> and recently partnered with Crown Publishing to pen a memoir, <em>The Man of Many Fathers<\/em>, which will be released in 2025. Wood most recently was seen alongside Jon Hamm in Paramount Pictures&#8217; <em>Confess, Fletch<\/em> (2022), and has guest appearances in <em>Only Murders in the Building, Better Call Saul<\/em>, and <em>Last Week Tonight with John Oliver<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Producers for the American version of <em><strong>Have I Got News For You<\/strong><\/em> are Jimmy Mulville, Richard Wilson, and Jim Biederman.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Have I Got News For You<\/strong><\/em> will stream live for pay TV subscribers via <a href=\"http:\/\/CNN.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN.com<\/a>, CNN connected TV and mobile apps on Saturday, September 14. 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