Ahead of the Season 4 premiere of CNN’s Have I Got News For You, LateNighter hosted a live interview and AMA with host Roy Wood Jr., team captains Amber Ruffin and Michael Ian Black, and series creator Jimmy Mulville.
Our thanks to all who participated. Click the video window above to watch a replay of the livestream.
Have I Got News For You returns to CNN at 9:00 pm ET Saturday, January 24, with guests Janice Min and Andy Richter. The premiere will stream live for pay TV subscribers via CNN.com and CNN connected TV and mobile apps, and will be available on demand beginning Sunday, January 25.
Meet the Panel:
Roy Wood Jr.
The host of Have I Got News For You (US), Roy Wood Jr. is an acclaimed comedian, writer, actor, and producer who rose to fame as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. In addition to his work on Have I Got News For You, he recently hosted the CNN special Roy Wood Jr.’s Very Very Very Merry Holiday Special and will be a series regular on the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series Barbershop. His memoir, The Man of Many Fathers, was released by Penguin Random House in October 2025.
Amber Ruffin
HIGNFY team captain Amber Ruffin is an Emmy- and Tony-nominated writer, comedian, host, and performer who has become one of the most prominent and celebrated voices in late-night television as both a writer and on-air performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers, as well as the host of The Amber Ruffin Show on Peacock. She co-wrote the Broadway musical Some Like It Hot, penned additional material for the 2024 revival of The Wiz, and is currently in pre-production on the new musical Bigfoot!, which opens Off-Broadway in February.
Michael Ian Black
HIGNFY team captain Michael Ian Black is a writer, comedian, actor, and podcaster who has been a pop culture fixture for three decades. Rising to fame on the MTV sketch comedy series The State, he went on to headline the Comedy Central series Viva Variety and the cult classic Wet Hot American Summer. He’s also written over a dozen books, including America, You Sexy Bitch: A Love Story, which he co-authored with Meghan McCain after forming an unlikely friendship with the conservative firebrand. He hosts HIGNFY‘s companion podcast, Have I Got News For Your Ears.
Jimmy Mulville
Series creator Jimmy Mulville is one of the most significant figures in British broadcasting, having first brought Have I Got News For You to viewers there in 1990. The show is considered a cornerstone of British satire, recognized for its often merciless mockery of politicians and current affairs. As an executive producer of the US edition, he helped develop the format for American audiences and continues to play an active role in its week-to-week production. His memoir—There’s Gonna Be A Show: Everton and Me—about his lifelong fandom of British soccer team Everton FC, was published in October 2025
Matt Webb Mitovich
LateNighter editor and panel moderator Matt Webb Mitovich is a veteran TV journalist with over 25 years of experience writing for outlets including Soaps in Depth, TV Guide, and TVLine, where he was the site’s founding editor and ultimately rose to Chief Content Officer. In addition to his work at LateNighter, he sits on the board of the Television Critics Association and publishes the newsletter Matt’s Inside Line.
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I love the show and really look forward to Saturday nights!!
I am afraid my thoughtful, well written comment disappeared into cyberspace when I was trying to verify I am not a robot. So I will try again. Please give us more options to watch both Have I got News for You and Bill Maher. This past Saturday 1-24-26 both shows were preempted by reporting of the terrible killing of Mr Pretti by ICE. We were covered up with that story all day long. We needed to see something more positive. So is there another time to see the premiere shows? But in the future could you please think about showing both of those shows more than once? You show many shows not just once more but several times throughout the day or night. We would relish having the option to find those two shows again. This week we had people looking forward to seeing it for the FIRST time! Now I don’t know if we can convince them to try again. Anyway. Just something to think about.
He’s an ignorant fuck as well as an extremely thin skinned diaperbaby who thinks he’s entitled and privileged to spew any offensive insults to his heart’s content, but fucking gets all whiny and pissy when he gets clapped back! He also bent the knee for Drumpf, while calling himself a herp for doing that!
It’s a waste of time listening to that toxic narcissist!