CNN is entering the Saturday night comedy scene with a new program hosted by comedian Roy Wood Jr.
Have I Got News For You will air on Saturdays at 9 PM ET. The 10-episode limited series will premiere on Saturday, September 14th.
The show is an American version of a British TV classic. The comedy panel utilized will discuss the news of the day through a quiz show. The program purports to feature “notable entertainers, political figures, and comedians” as part of its limited run.
“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,” said Wood Jr. “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.”
It isn’t the first foray into news for Wood Jr. He has previously served as a correspondent and guest host for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show from 2015-2023. He also was the headliner for the White House Correspondents Dinner in 2017. Additionally, he has worked in the Warner Bros. Discovery realm as a regular on the HBO series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
In addition to airing on CNN on Saturday evenings, the new program will also be available on the Max streaming platform the following day.
