The "Insecure" star's new program,
"Amanda Seales' Smart Funny &
Black Radio," will air Monday mornings starting on April 18
Joined by co-hosts JeremiahLikeTheBible and
Taj Rani, the show will focus on culture, comedy, current events,
and more
NEW
YORK, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM
and Laugh Out Loud announced today the launch of Amanda Seales' Smart Funny & Black
Radio, a new morning show on Kevin
Hart's Laugh Out Loud Radio Channel 96. The weekly program
will kick off on Monday, April 18, at
10:00 am ET.
On her new SiriusXM show, Seales and co-hosts Taj Rani and
JeremiahLikeTheBible will start off listeners' week on the right
foot as they deliver laugh-out-loud conversations, games, celebrity
interviews, and a heavy dose of commentary on Black culture and
other topical issues. Seales' new radio show comes fresh off the
finale of the HBO hit Insecure, where she played the
much-buzzed-about role of "Tiffany
DuBois."
"I'm beyond excited to have the amazing Amanda Seales join Laugh Out Loud Radio's
expanding family, as we continue to deliver a dynamic slate of
voices to the channel," said Kevin
Hart, Chairman of Laugh Out Loud. "Passionate, unapologetic,
brilliant, talented, and most of all funny, her show is going to be
a can't-miss experience for our SiriusXM listeners nationwide."
"After so many years away, I'm hella hype to be coming back to
radio!" said Amanda Seales.
"Smart Funny & Black began as a live show, and since its
inception has become so much more. It is a universe all about using
comedy to build community, and I couldn't be happier to be bringing
that to a new audience at SiriusXM!"
"Amanda can speak to almost any topic, and every time she does
it's absolutely hysterical," said Jack
Vaughn, SiriusXM's Senior Vice President of Comedy
Programming. "We're thrilled to welcome her authentic, refreshing
voice back to the SiriusXM family, where Amanda and her co-hosts
will keep listeners laughing and thinking. It's the perfect
addition to the Laugh Out Loud Radio Channel's amazing
line-up."
The new, one-hour radio program marks Seales' return to
SiriusXM, where from 2003–2007 she hosted Breakfast at
Diva's on Hip Hop Nation. During her tenure she interviewed
some of the biggest music icons in the world, including Beyoncé,
Jay-Z, Mariah Carey, the late DMX,
and more. In addition to her role on Insecure, Seales is
known for her HBO stand-up special, I Be Knowin, and for her
turn as host of the 2020 BET Awards.
Laugh Out Loud Radio features stand-up comedy curated by
superstar Kevin Hart, as well as
fresh comedic voices and specials from the Laugh Out Loud stand-up
catalog. The channel is also home to Hart's bi-weekly talk show
with The Plastic Cup Boyz, Straight From The Hart, his
one-on-one interview show with fellow comics, Comedy Gold Minds,
and more great talk shows hosted by Earthquake, Jasmine "Jazzy"
Brown, and Chris and Vanessa
Spencer.
SiriusXM is available to subscribers in their car, on their
phone and connected devices at home with the SXM App. Streaming
access is included with all of our trials and most popular plans.
Go to www.siriusxm.com/ways-to-listen to learn more.
More information about the co-hosts:
Amanda Seales is a
comedian with a master's degree in African-American studies from
Columbia University. Among her many
accomplishments, Seales is a former co-host of the daytime talk
show, The Real, and also hosted NBC's Bring the Funny
and the groundbreaking 2020 BET Awards. In addition, Seales uses
her popular Instagram account (1.9+ million followers) and podcast
Small Doses to speak truth to change. Always an advocate for
Black voices, she founded Smart Funny & Black Productions to
produce and create art as edu-tainment across the media landscape
by any joke necessary.
Taj Rani is a producer, content creator and host with a
decade of experience in the digital media space having worked for
brands such as BET, Essence and Red Table Talk, and
with talent including Danyel Smith,
Janelle Monáe and Amanda Seales. She
is currently the producer for Smart Funny & Black Productions.
An alumna of Syracuse University's S.I.
Newhouse School of Public
Communications, Taj is passionate about combining her love of pop
culture, history and storytelling through the Black lens to ensure
that Black stories never are lost or go untold.
JeremiahLikeTheBible is an Atlanta native and Howard
University alumnus who's passionate about seeing Black
stories represented in media and entertainment. Whether it's
songwriting or screenwriting, the creative multi-hyphenate always
has something to say.
About Laugh Out Loud
Laugh Out Loud is a comedy brand and multi-platform
entertainment company dedicated to keeping the world laughing
together. Founded by comedian, actor, and producer Kevin Hart, LOL delivers the best in comedic
content and experiences across its multiple divisions—LOL Audio,
LOL Network, LOL Studios, and LOLX. From stand-up legends to the
next generation of comedic talent, LOL curates comedy's boldest
voices to produce original scripted and unscripted series, stand-up
specials, radio shows and podcasts, live broadcasts, experiential
activations, and more. LOL content is distributed to a diverse,
global audience of more than 100 million fans across the LOL OTT
Network of FAST Channel partners including Pluto, Peacock, Tubi,
Roku, Xumo, Redbox, and more. LOL Audio has access to an additional
100 million listeners via partnerships with SiriusXM, Stitcher, and
Pandora. Known for content such as Cold As Balls, What
the Fit, Comedy in Color, Die Hart, and more, the
company has amassed more than 1 billion video views across its
digital platforms, and has worked with brand partners such as
AT&T, Headspace, Lyft, Old Spice, P&G, Viacom, and more.
Find us online at www.laughoutloud.com or on Facebook,
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