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08-08-2024, 08:44 PM
https://deadline.com/2024/08/roy-wood-jr-have-i-got-news-for-you-cnn-premiere-date-1236034333/
The comedian and former Daily Show correspondent will helm CNN's adaptation of the long-running British comedy panel show Have I Got News for You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLLYCzLIi8g), a BBC staple since 1990. Have I Got News for You, featuring comic observations from the satirical to the surreal through the lens of a news quiz show, has received a 10-episode order. It will over 10 Saturdays at 9 p.m., starting Sept. 14. “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,” Wood joked in a statement. “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.”
The comedian and former Daily Show correspondent will helm CNN's adaptation of the long-running British comedy panel show Have I Got News for You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLLYCzLIi8g), a BBC staple since 1990. Have I Got News for You, featuring comic observations from the satirical to the surreal through the lens of a news quiz show, has received a 10-episode order. It will over 10 Saturdays at 9 p.m., starting Sept. 14. “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,” Wood joked in a statement. “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.”