EXCLUSIVE: Have I Got News for You, CNN‘s American adaptation of the long-running BBC comedy panel sequence, is about to return for its second season on Saturday, February 15 at 9pm ET/PT.
The printed announcement got here tonight through the 9 o’clock hour of New 12 months’s Eve Stay with Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper. Host Roy Wooden Jr., previously of The Every day Present, put in an look, together with Amber Ruffin and Michael Ian Black, who function his crew captains on the present.
Produced by Hat Trick Productions for CNN Originals, Have I Acquired Information for You goals to serve up a wise and edgy tackle the information of the week, because the comedian trio led by Wooden Jr. guides a rotating assortment of friends via an array of comedian video games and quick-witted panel conversations that take a look at their information of present occasions. The present’s 10-episode freshman season premiered September 13 and joined CNN’s encore presentation of Real Time with Bill Maher as a part of the community’s revitalized Saturday primetime providing, marking CNN’s funding into topical leisure programming. CNN introduced its Season 2 renewal again in November, forward of the Season 1 finale’s airing.
Notable friends through the first season included Robin Thede, Andy Richter, Mark McKinnon, Ana Navarro, Larry Wilmore, Adam Kinzinger, Anthony Scaramucci, Bomani Jones, Rep. Tim Burchett, and journalist/host Kara Swisher.
In a press release accompanying final month’s renewal resolution, Amy Entelis, EVP Expertise, CNN Originals and Inventive Improvement, stated, “For its inaugural season, Have I Acquired Information for You has been a welcome and energetic extension of the CNN model, and our viewers proceed to point out enthusiasm for comedian aid on Saturday nights.”
Added EP Jimmy Mulville: “We’re thrilled that Have I Acquired Information for You has made an influence with the CNN viewers and might’t wait to return again subsequent yr. I feel we’ll have loads of information to poke enjoyable at!”
Along with Mulville and Richard Wilson for Hat Trick Productions, Jim Biederman exec produces the sequence.
