Roy Wooden Jr. is returning to your TV screens.
CNN has tapped the comic, who served as a “Day by day Present” correspondent from 2015 to 2023, to host its comedy panel present “Have I Received Information for You,” in response to The Hollywood Reporter. The present is the cable information outlet’s model of the long-running BBC present, airing since 1990.
CNN introduced in Could that it was creating a U.S. model of “Have I Received Information for You,” which options “two groups of panelists answering questions in regards to the week’s information,” per THR.
Wooden shared his pleasure in regards to the present in a press release, jokingly referring to the brand new gig as a “Black job” in reference to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s use of the time period throughout his June debate with President Joe Biden.
“For a lot too lengthy 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,” Wooden stated, in response to THR. “It’s an honor to be part of such a hallowed British establishment to assist make sense of the American establishments of chaos, title calling, disinformation, actuality tv and the 8-hour information cycle.”
CNN’s model of “Have I Received Information for You” will function two group captains, who the community will announce nearer to the present’s premiere date. On BBC’s model of the comedy quiz present, the panelists include comedians, entertainers and political figures, per THR.
Advisable Tales
Wooden, who has starred in three Comedy Central stand-up specials, not too long ago began the viral hashtag #WhenITurnedBlack after Trump falsely claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris “occurred to show Black” just a few years in the past.
“We now know Kamala’s courageous story,” the comic wrote on July 31 alongside a video of Trump talking about Harris on the Nationwide Affiliation of Black Journalists conference in Chicago. “When did the remainder of you “flip” black? How outdated had been you? The place had been you when the blackness lastly took over your physique? Share your tales. This can be a protected house. #WhenITurnedBlack.”
“Have I Received Information for You” will premiere on Sept. 14 at 9 p.m. EST.
