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EXCLUSIVE: Roy Wood Jr. and nan Have I Got News For You squad will bring much governmental zingers to CNN this year.
The news sheet show has been renewed for a 5th season, pinch an announcement forthcoming astatine today’s Warner Bros. Discovery upfront.
Have I Got News For You Season 5 will motorboat astatine 9 p.m. ET/PT connected September 12 connected CNN, pinch Wood Jr. hosting and squad captains Amber Ruffin and Michael Ian Black returning. It will besides watercourse connected HBO Max and CNN’s streaming services, nan CNN app and CNN.com.
Jimmy Mulville’s Hat Trick Productions, which makes nan original British format connected which CNN’s show is made, is producing for CNN Originals. Jimmy Mulville, Jim Biederman and Richard Wilson are nan exec producers.
“We’re thrilled to return for play 5 and proceed covering nan nation’s astir important stories, astir of which still sound made up,” said Wood Jr., Ruffin and Black successful a associated statement.
Despite only debuting successful 2024, Have I Got News For You has go a staple for CNN’s Saturday nighttime line-up, sticking everything that hits nan never-ending news rhythm into a drama blender. Teams triumph points for correctly identifying answers, but it’s sideways looks that person traditionally kept nan show’s audience, some successful nan U.S. and UK, wherever it’s connected its 71 seasons connected nan BBC.
CNN insiders are ace basking connected Have I Got News For You correct now, pinch assemblage numbers increasing to present their biggest cablegram fig to day for Season 4. The show’s P2 assemblage mean was 1.06 million, up 246% from nan anterior four-week average, per Nielsen data. In 25-54s, nan mean was 172,000, up 153% connected nan erstwhile play and 47% supra its lead-in. It besides regularly deed nan HBO Max apical 10 nan time aft nan TV premiere.
Guests from Season 4 see U.S. Senator Adam Schiff, Hasan Minhaj, Andy Richter, Kara Swisher, Ari Shapiro, Larry Wilmore, Gianmarco Soresi, Bomani Jones and Nimesh Patel.
“Season 4 demonstrated conscionable really powerfully this bid is resonating pinch audiences, becoming a standout performer crossed CNN’s platforms and a meaningful portion of nan play speech online,” said Amy Entelis, Executive Vice President of Talent, CNN Originals, and Creative Development for CNN Worldwide. “At a clip erstwhile group are looking for entertaining ways to prosecute pinch nan nonstop news cycle, Roy, Amber and Michael proceed to present thing that feels timely and culturally applicable – and we will proceed building connected that occurrence pinch a 5th play this fall.”
