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Roy Wood Jr. To Host ‘Have I Got News For You’ On CNN; Premiere Date Set


The Daily Show alum Roy Wood Jr. has been tapped to host Have I Got News For You, CNN's adaptation of UK's long running comedy panel show.

And Wood, who spent eight years on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and headlined the 2023 White House Correspondents dinner, did not miss the opportunity of his Have I Got News For You hosting announcement to comment on current events, taking a jab at Donald Trump’s “black jobs” remark during the June Presidential debate. Wood will appear alongside Keanu Reeves and Jonah Hill in the upcoming Apple TV+ comedy Outcome and recently partnered with Crown Publishing to pen a memoir, The Man of Many Fathers, which will be released in 2025. Most recently was seen alongside Jon Hamm in Paramount Pictures’ Confess, Fletch, Wood also has done guest appearances in Only Murders in the Building, Better Call Saul, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

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