Roy Wood Jr. to Host New Show on CNN

Last year comedian Roy Wood Jr. quit The Daily Show after being passed over for the top spot following the departure of Trevor Noah [click here if you missed that]. 

Now Wood has been tapped to host a new show on CNN Saturday nights...

From Variety

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. Weekend viewers might like a break from the intensity of the news week with programs about lifestyle or “have a laugh about something and maybe be able to connect to a personality who wouldn’t necessarily be anchoring a show on CNN or even an original series,” she said “We will be exploring that going forward.”