I'm friends with Guru Singh (Ajeet on Outsourced) on Facebook and he just said there will be no second season of Outsourced.
RIP a wonderful show
Death is not the end......Final De5tination (August 12, 2011)
Where did he hear it from? Not to be doubtful of what you're saying...but maybe he heard it from someone who heard it from someone who heard it from someone who heard it from someone who was mistaken.
It's time to fish or cut the bait
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yeah, I saw it on tvguide. Stupid NBC
Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friends!~The Beatles
I was really rooting for this one!
It was so refreshing to have a show based in India, to celebrate the culture.
Damn it!
Come join me!
http://twitter.com/#!/MissM_13
Celebrate the what?
I liked the show because it was the only Indian "something" out there. But the writers - if Indian at all - proved moved more than once they barely had but a clue of what Indian culture is all about.
The show wasn't cancelled because it was Indian. It was cancelled because of the poor, inconsistent character development and superficiality in understanding Indian culture.
I liked the show because it was the only Indian "something" out there. But the writers - if Indian at all - proved moved more than once they barely had but a clue of what Indian culture is all about.
I'm Indian, my parents both grew up in India, and my whole family loves this show. Ok, maybe the portrayal wasn't 100% accurate, but we all thought they did a nice job of showing it in a way that poked fun of both Indian and American cultures
Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friends!~The Beatles
I'm American and the closest I've gotten to India is a few clicks on Wikipedia.
I love this show!
I am 59 years old and understand that true comedy comes from taking real things and distorting them just enough.
I have loved the color of the costumes. I have laughed myself silly over the ambiguous 'head bobble'. I have loved hearing both traditional and pop Indian music. I have loved the dancing. I have loved learning about Holidays where you throw color all around!
I have loved seeing how people cope with living so close to one billion other souls.
I have loved learning (all over again) that people are people all over the world.
Haha, some of us born abroad and of a South Asian background do the bobble head.
You'll learn to hate me/But still call me baby/OhLove/So call me by my name
If there was a "like" button for this comment I would hit it 1000 times! Well said!
---JD Christian
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Like every American sitcom is a perfect portrayal of American culture. Pffff, please.
shareLike every American sitcom is a perfect portrayal of American culture. Pffff, please.What are you talking about? Don't you work in an office with a beet farmer, a nympho and an unintentionally racist boss? Don't you live in your millionaire brother's malibu beach house and hook up with his cast-offs? When I watch an american sitcom, it's practically a reality show about my own life! share
"It was cancelled because of the poor, inconsistent character development and superficiality in understanding Indian culture."
Please tell me you are being tongue-in-cheek!
Or quit watching after the first three shows.
Once this show found its legs it became quite enjoyable. (as well as funny)
I think the entire show was a satire of Indian culture. If you saw the movie (what is your opinion of that?), they basically were making fun of how ignorant US is of the culture. The show just took it to an extreme for comedy.
You are right about the character development. At the beginning Tanya and Charlie almost seemed like afterthoughts who got written into later episodes. I don't even remember Pinky in the beginning. Manmeet (probably my favorite character) also seemed to become the "best friend" because of his popularity.
I am so bummed. I don't know if I just have an odd sense of humor or what but every sitcom I decide to check out ends up getting cancelled. I haven't watched one successful sitcom since the end of Must See TV.
Disclaimer: I didn't check out Big Bang Theory until this past summer because I'd had so many people tell me I would love it, I finally picked it up on DVD and fell in love. So, I do have one successful sitcom I watch... on DVD.
I am not surprised it was canceled. With a majority of the cast being of Indian descent, it is too special, too eccentric for centrist/racist mainstream America.
It was a show out the ordinary, and America wants ordinary: It wants Two and a Half Men.
it is too special, too eccentric for centrist/racist mainstream America.And there you would be wrong.
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"We're out of cake!"
---JD Christian
It was a nice little show, but when they moved it to the 10:30 P.M. timeslot, I knew immediately that NBC had little faith in the show and that it was going to be canceled.
I was just a bit upset that they hardly did anything with Pippa Black's character. I don't think that Todd & Asha were really a pair to begin with. It just seemed like there was no chemistry between them, and now that it was canceled, we'll never get to find out how their relationship (if any) worked out.