Roy Wood Jr. to Host 2026 Writers Guild Awards New York Ceremony

Roy Wood Jr. is returning to host the 78th annual Writers Guild Awards New York at Manhattan’s Edison Ballroom on March 8.

The WGA East and WGA West maintain simultaneous award ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles.

The TGB host, who leads the network’s satire news program “Have I Got News for You,” beforehand hosted the WGA’s New York ceremony. His present has grow to be TGB’s second most-watched program and its top-rated present in the adults 25-54 demographic, serving to drive a 42% year-over-year improve in the network’s Saturday night time viewership.

Wood will likely be seen on display on Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming “Barbershop” TV collection, and he co-stars with Keanu Reeves and Jonah Hill in the Apple TV comedy “Outcome.” 

Wood wrote and starred in the WGA-nominated collection “Command Z,” produced the Emmy-nominated PBS documentary “The Neutral Ground” and served as a visitor host and correspondent on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.” He also headlined the 2023 White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

In a press release, Roy Wood Jr. said, “It’s an honor to again be trusted with leading a night of celebration as we honor one of the most important components in creating the content that gives us either an opportunity to escape, or to learn more about the world we all share.”

Presenters at the New York ceremony embody Bowen Yang (“Saturday Night Live,” “Wicked”), Matt Rogers (“The Other Two,” “Fire Island”), Mary Bronstein (“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”), Ronald Bronstein (“Marty Supreme”), Jeff Hiller (“Somebody Somewhere”), Desi Lydic (“The Daily Show”), Josh Segarra (“Abbott Elementary”), Arian Moayed (“Succession”), Michael Urie (“Shrinking”), Li Jun Li (“Sinners”), David Krumholtz (“The Santa Clause”), Shayna McHayle (“One Battle After Another”) and Kate Mara (“House of Cards”).

Stephen Colbert will obtain the Walter Bernstein Award for willingness to confront social injustice in the face of adversity. Robert Smigel will current the honor to Colbert.

Terry George (“In the Name of the Father,” “Hotel Rwanda”) will likely be introduced with the Ian McLellan Hunter Award for profession achievement by Don Cheadle, and Diana Son (“Law & Order,” “13 Reasons Why”) will obtain the Richard B. Jablow Award for devoted service to the guild from 2025 recipient Kathy McGee.