Comedian Roy Wood Jr. will host the 77th Annual Writers Guild Awards in New York next month. WGA nominations were announced yesterday after being postponed amid LA wildfires.
The awards are still set to unspool in concurrent ceremonies on both coasts — the Edison Ballroom in New York and the Beverly Hilton in LA — on Feb. 15.
NYC presenters include Ronny Chieng (The Daily Show, Interior Chinatown), Adriana Diaz (CBS Mornings), Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain), Cole Escola (Hacks, Oh Mary!), Bridget Moynahan (Blue Bloods), Michael McKean (The Diplomat), Annette O’Toole (Virgin River, A Mighty Wind) Rosie Perez (The Flight Attendant), Meredith Scardino (Girls5eva), Cory Michael Smith (Saturday Night Live), DeWanda Wise (Three Women, She’s Gotta Have It) and Michael Zegen (Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Penguin).
Wood is currently host of CNN satire Have I Got News For You. He wrote and starred in the Writers Guild Award-nominated series Command Z, produced the Emmy-nominated PBS documentary The Neutral Ground, was a guest host and correspondent on Comedy Central’s Writers Guild Award-nominated and Emmy-winning The Daily Show and headlined The 2023 White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
His fourth one-hour comedy special Lonely Flowers will premiere later this month on Hulu. He will appear alongside Keanu Reeves and Jonah Hill in the upcoming comedy film Outcone for Apple TV+. Wood will also appear alongside André Holland, Nicole Beharie and DeWanda Wise in Love, Brooklyn, which will premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
“It’s an honor to return to host this celebration of the people who truly are the red blood cells of this industry. We will plan a wonderful evening and eagerly await notes from the studio executives,” Wood said.
At the New York ceremony,Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit, Logan) will be presented with the Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement by Marielle Heller (Nightbitch); Bill Lawrence (Ted Lasso, Scrubs) will be presented with the Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence; and Kathy McGee (CBS News) with the Richard B. Jablow Award for Devoted Service to the Guild by Penelope Koechl (As The World Turns).
The Writers Guild Awards will stream highlights from the New York Red Carpet and Ceremony on all Writers Guild of America East social media accounts at @WGAEast.
English (US) ·