It's still a couple of weeks until the networks unveil their fall schedules, but NBC has been busy announcing pick-ups of new shows already. Yesterday the network unveiled three more shows that will be part of its fall schedule, including Outsourced, a sitcom about an American manager at a novelty-toy manufacturer who gets transferred to India to run his company's new call center there. The show is based on a 2006 indie movie, which didn't really make much of an impact, but it's now been retooled for a more sitcom-friendly approach. There aren't any name stars attached, but a show with a mostly Indian cast is certainly a welcome change for a major network, and a good sign that NBC is shaking things up in its efforts to turn its fortunes around.
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Good, Josh, that you applaud NBC for finding humour in crippling American families, affording thousands of Americans the ‘funny’ ways in which they foreclose, etc. Where, exactly, are you coming from? One doesn’t even need to see one episode to be highly offended.
Too true, Delores! Why not make light of the great depression, or the failing auto and airline industries? This is a fairly obvious attempt by big business to make outsourcing look harmless. NBC used to be my most watched network, but after Conan, and now this, they can suck it!
I have been complaining about the idea of this show laughing in the faces of hurt families who’s careers have been outsourced and American cities left as ghost towns. I wondered if anyone else was paying attention enough to be as offended as I am. I must say I am pleased to see I do not stand alone. We can most certainly unplug our TVs.
I thought this was a joke sitcom so Googled it. When the NBC executives and the average shmoe thinks it’s funny, we’ve lost the war. I develop software as a career. It makes me sick the quality of Indian tech support I’ve had to endure and hang up on.
Like others comments. How about a laid off auto worker that’s sent over to Japan to troubleshoot Toyota engine problems and all the hilarity that ensues. It’s a frickn knee slapper.
Lighten up, already! This is a comedy….just like any other. Would you wish that we had censorship instead?
I work in IT and deal with “overseas” techies on a daily basis. Trust me, it’s not about poking fun at the unemployed American.
sure, not to make fun of us the American work market, but somehow there will be a residual left in your brainhousing, you know, implanting a little seed to make you think about how many of our jobs are gone overseas. sure, be happy, laugh at your own misery!
It’s the truth. The Forbes company I work for now, outsourced to India as well. Sad but true. drives me crazy becuase they do not understand English nor can we understand there broken English! I guess that’s what cheap labor it….
Grow up America…it is what it is…You have to stop blaming others like Mexico and India for your outrageously inept government. India is as much a victim as you lot whine about…The fact that we can find humour in an inevitable misfortune (global outsourcing) is a healthy thing and for those of you who think it is meant to offend YOU get over yourselves.,…. I seen the ads and cannot wait for this, loved the movie and got others hooked….America needs to grow up. If anyone should be offended it is India….but I realize your USA ego does not allow you to think of others.
Wow, whiney Americans. For decades you’ve poked ‘fun’ at and stereotyped countless nationalities and the second the shoe is on the other foot you all start crying. There’s a reason business is leaving your country…wake up! This show is awesome, funny and finally depicts Indian culture in a more favourable light. And hey Lynn, why not learn to write English? And I quote, “nor can we understand there broken English!” ‘There’, is correctly spelled ‘their’. Betchya an American dollar, oh wait my currency is on par with yours now, that an Indian would have spelled that word correctly.