Have we got news for you: CNN’s “Have I Got News For You” hosts Roy Wood Jr., Amber Ruffin and Michael Ian Black have all been tapped to host the upcoming Sports, News and Documentary Emmy ceremonies — but individually, on different nights, next month.
Wood will host the 47th Annual Sports Emmy Awards on Tuesday, May 26, followed by Ruffin hosting the news categories of the 47th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards on Wednesday, May 27. Rounding it up, Black will host the documentary categories of the News & Documentary Emmys on Thursday, May 28.
All three events will take place at the Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the hosts on Tuesday, as well as recipients for this year’s lifetime achievement honors at all three ceremonies.
At the Sports Emmys, former ESPN president/CEO and former NFL Network president/CEO Steve Bornstein will receive the lifetime achievement award. During the News Emmys, ABC News’ chief global affairs correspondent and “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz will receive the honor. And at the Documentary Emmys, film/TV edtior and documentary producer/director (“Four Little Girls,” “When The Levees Broke”) Sam Pollard will be given lifetime achievement honors.
At ESPN, Bornstein launched ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPN Classic, ESPN Radio and ESPN.com. He was also behind the ESPYs and the X-Games before moving to the NFL. He’s now president of the North American division of Genius Sports. Raddatz has covered the State Depaertment, the White House and international wars, has moderated two election debates and is the author of “The Hero Next Door: Stories of Patriotism and Purpose” and “The Long Road Home—A Story of War and Family.” Pollard received an Oscar nom for “Four Little Girls” and a Peabody and three Emmys for “When The Levees Broke.” Most recently, he was an EP on Netflix’s “Katrina: Come Hell and High Water” and EP on the Oscar-nominated “The Perfect Neighbor.”
Wood is host of CNN’s “Have I Got News For You,” based on the long-running UK series; the American adaptation premiered on CNN in September 2024 and launched its fourth season in January. Ruffin and Black are team captains on the show, which airs Saturdays at 9 p.m. ET on CNN and streams the next day on CNN.com, CNN apps and HBO Max.
Alex Rodriguez, Tom Brady, Jason Kelce, Richard Sherman, J.J. Watt and Charles Barkley are among the on-screen sports talent landing nominations for the 47th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. The full list of nominees is led by ESPN, which earned 62 nominations (bolstered by programs including “E60”), and can be found here.
National Geographic‘s “Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller” continues to dominate the News & Documentary Emmy nominations — earning 25 nods this year, followed by PBS’ “Frontline” series, which earned 19 nods. Nat Geo led the pack with 51 nods; see the full list here.
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