*If you haven’t seen it yet, CNN’s new game show, “Have I Got News for You,” aims to find the humor in coverage of current events with help from Roy Wood Jr., who hosts, and Amber Ruffin and Micheal Ian Black, who serve as team captains.
Based on a British series of the same name, entertainers, political figures and comedians will appear as guests for quick-witted conversation and games. The show is produced by Hat Trick Productions for CNN Originals.
“Comedy has its place within the news cycle,” Wood Jr. says.
“I think that CNN is as good of a place to drop a program like this because ‘Have I Got News for You’ is, at its core, it’s a critique of the news,” he said. “It’s a critique of the media and for CNN to be bold enough to allow itself to offer a platform to something that could, from time to time, critique the things that it’s covering or the people who cover it, I think is an honest approach to where we are as a people in terms of the sincerity of the news coverage. I think having this program helps the other six days of the network.”
With that in mind, and again, if you haven’t yet had a chance to check it out, we’ve curated several clips for you to check out below, beginning with his one hilarious issue about the language in the Sean Combs racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking case.
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“Have I Got News for You” is based on a British series of the same name, entertainers, political figures and comedians will appear as guests for quick-witted conversation and games. The show is produced by Hat Trick Productions for CNN Originals. It airs Saturdays at 9pm E/P and streams on MAX on Sundays.
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