{"id":265999,"date":"2026-01-27T06:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/265999\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T06:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:14:08","slug":"kumail-nanjiani-to-host-2026-dga-awards-after-judd-apatow-had-gig-past-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/265999\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumail Nanjiani To Host 2026 DGA Awards After Judd Apatow Had Gig Past 5 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Directors Guild of America<\/a> has called an audible regarding the host of its annual awards show. Kumail Nanjiani<\/a> will emcee next month\u2019s 78th annual DGA<\/a> Awards, after Judd Apatow<\/a> had done the honors the past five years.<\/p>\n

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\n\tComic, actor and The Big Sick Oscar nominee Nanjiani returned to his stand-up roots with Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts, a special that premiered last month on Hulu<\/a>. He co-hosted the 2016 Indie Spirit Awards and has presented at a number of awards shows. His recent acting credits include Ella McCay, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and numerous TV guest shots, after his breakout stint as a series regular on HBO\u2019s 2014-19 comedy Silicon Valley. His 2018 Big Sick Oscar nom was for Original Screenplay.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 2026 DGA Awards<\/a> is set for Saturday, February 7, at the\u00a0Beverly Hilton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: 2026 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Oscars, Guilds, Grammys, Tonys & More<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI am honored to host the DGA Awards and celebrate the incredible work done across the art form,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cA director\u2019s dedication, leadership and creativity are what bring the most powerful stories \u2013 the ones that truly need to be told \u2013 to life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe DGA also said Monday that Beth McCarthy-Miller will return as Chair of the Awards ceremony for the fifth consecutive year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThree-time Emmy winner Apatow, who was a presenter at the Golden Globes<\/a> this month (watch that below), has hosted the past five DGA Awards and also in 2018. In announcing his return trip for the 2025 DGAs, he quipped: \u201cI\u2019m shocked the DGA asked me back to host for a sixth time. I\u2019m starting to think there\u2019s no one else who will say yes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe\u2019s currently directing an untitled pic starring Glen Powell and Cristin Miliot<\/a>i, and is teaming with two-time Globes host Nikki Glaser <\/a>on an untitled romantic comedy feature in development at Universal.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: Judd Apatow On His Upcoming Glen Powell Collab, New Mel Brooks Doc, And Possibility Of Winning Oscar For Maria Bamford Film \u2013 Sundance Studio<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Directors Guild of America has called an audible regarding the host of its annual awards show. Kumail…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,130959,120394,130960,93,61,60,62437,105591],"class_list":["post-265999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-dga","tag-dga-awards","tag-directors-guild-of-america","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-judd-apatow","tag-kumail-nanjiani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}