Amanda Seales News

This Thursday, comedian Bobby Lee (“Splitting Up Together”) challenges the chefs of truTV’s “Fast Foodies” to remake and then remix his fast food favorite – McDonald’s Sausage McMuffin® with Egg. 

The Emmy®-winning HBO comedy series INSECURE will conclude with its upcoming fifth season, it was announced today by Amy Gravitt, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming.

truTV has ordered 10 episodes of the tongue-and-cheek cooking competition series 'Fast Foodies.'

To recognize the anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington and its impact on the Civil Rights Movement, Facebook, in partnership with Will Packer Media and Jesse Collins Entertainment, will premiere a one-hour special.

HBO has renewed comedy series INSECURE for a fifth season, it was announced today by Amy Gravitt, executive vice president, HBO Programming.

Quibi has shared the trailer for FLOORED, an insane new dance-competition series where the dance floor spins, lifts and throws out obstacles at dancers.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces a free, live digital performance initiative, Couch Concerts, to help inspire, uplift, heal, and bring the performing arts from the homes of artists into homes across the country and around the world during these difficult times.

In celebration of the season four premiere of hit comedy INSECURE, HBO will host its fourth annual block party for the series virtually.

Carolines on Broadway, New York City's premier comedy venue, presents its talented line-up for the month of February, highlighted by headliners Amanda Seales, author and host and author of 'Small Doses,' February 1; Mo Amer, from his Netflix special 'The Vagabond,' February 6 - 8; Michael Che, co-anchor of Weekend Update on NBC's Saturday Night Live, Valentine's Day and Presidents Day Weekend, February 14 - 16; Pete Lee, as seen on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, February 20 - 22; and Sugar Sammy, from his HBO Canada stand-up special, 'Sugar Sammy in Concert: Direct from Montreal,' February 27 - 29.

Get ready for the new season of Insecure, returning April 12 on HBO.

Returning for its ten-episode, fourth season SUNDAY, APRIL 12 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), INSECURE follows our favorite characters as they evaluate their relationships, both new and old, in an effort to figure out who and what comes with them in this next phase of their lives. 

NBC has crowned comedians Franqi French and Rene Vaca as the winners of its 16th annual StandUp NBC competition, the network's annual nationwide search for comedians of diverse backgrounds. This marks the first time in the celebrated program's 16-year history that two winners have been chosen in a single year.

Deadline reports that Amanda Seales will upgrade from guest host to permanent co-host on 'The Real.'

Carolines on Broadway, New York City's premier comedy venue, presents its talented line-up for the month of January, highlighted by headliners Sinbad, from his stand-up special 'Make Me Wanna Holla,' January 2 - 4; Tony Woods, from Comedy Central's This Week at the Comedy Cellar, with his special guest James Altucher, January 10 and 11; Donnell Rawlings, 'Ashy Larry' from Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show, Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend, January 16 - 19; Hari Kondabolu, from his Netflix special, 'Warn Your Relatives,' January 23 - 25; and Amanda Seales, author and host and author of 'Small Doses,' January 30 - February 5.

Comedy-Rap-Jazz duo and Guardian Pick of the Fringe and Telegraph Best Jokes of the Fringe 2019 Harry & Chris embark on their third nationwide tour following their third sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with their latest blend of award-winning wordplay, awe-inspiring musicality, eyebrow-raising bromance and unashamed joy. Their fourth show This One's For the Aliens will be performed across the UK from 3rd national tour from 26th September to 21st December. Tickets can be found at harryandchris.com.

Academy Award-winning actor Kathy Bates will be honored at its 19th Annual The 24 Hour Plays Broadway Gala.

The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF), the first and largest myeloma-specific foundation in the world, today revealed the all-star comic lineup for the IMF 13th Annual Comedy Celebration. Actor and comedian Ray Romano (The Irishman, Everybody Loves Raymond) returns for the 11th year to host an unforgettable night of laughter for an important cause. Joining Romano this year are some of the biggest names in comedy including Adam Carolla (The Adam Carolla Show, The Man Show), Demetri Martin (Demetri Martin: The Overthinker, We Bare Bears), Kevin Nealon (Man with a Plan, Hiking With Kevin), Patton Oswalt (Veronica Mars, A.P. Bio), Mary Lynn Rajskub (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, 24) and Amanda Seales (Insecure).

Today, The 24 Hour Plays announced that Academy Award-winning actor Kathy Bates will be honored at its 19th Annual The 24 Hour Plays Broadway Gala, as part of the organization's partnership with The Lymphatic Education & Research Network (LE&RN).

Alex Lewis (who plays Charlie and Farady) in Lost: The Musical, the well-received musical parody based on the TV series LOST currently running at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks, will be appearing on NBC's 'Bring The Funny,' tonight, July 30th at 10 pm (PCT). The top six acts will be chosen to move on to the next round of completion.

NYC-based sketch comedy group Kids These Days will be performing their original sketch comedy on the brand new NBC show 'Bring the Funny'!