Roy Wood Jr. Set to Guest Host ‘The Daily Show’

Roy Wood Jr. of The Daily Show
Roy Wood Jr., correspondent and guest host on The Daily Show (Image credit: Comedy Central)

Roy Wood Jr. takes over as guest host on The Daily Show April 3, helming the Comedy Central show through April 6. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) sits with Wood April 3, Robin Thede does so April 4, Cedric the Entertainer hangs out with Wood April 5 and author Jerry Craft is on April 6. 

Wood is a correspondent on The Daily Show, which he joined in 2015. His producing credits include PBS documentary The Neutral Ground and an as-yet-untitled comedy about the National Guard at Fox. His first stand-up special at Comedy Central came in 2017 and was called Father Figure

John Leguizamo was the guest host last week. Al Franken was the guest host the week before, and before him, the guest hosts included Kal Penn, Marlon Wayans, Hasan Minhaj, Chelsea Handler, Wanda Sykes, Sarah Silverman and D.L. Hughley. 

Trevor Noah hosted The Daily Show from 2015 through December 2022.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.