Series synopsis
Outsourced is an American comedy television series that premiered on NBC on September 23, 2010. It ended on May 12, 2011. It was created by Bob Borden. It stars Ben Rappaport, Rebecca Hazlewood, Sacha Dhawan and Rizwan Manji.
A lone American manages the new call center of an American novelties company in Bombay and must explain American popular culture to his employees as he tries to understand Indian culture.
Premise
A lone American manages the new call center of an American novelties company in Bombay and must explain American popular culture to his employees as he tries to understand Indian culture.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Ben Rappaport as Todd Dempsy
- Rebecca Hazlewood as Asha
- Sacha Dhawan as Manmeet
- Rizwan Manji as Rajiv Gidwani
- Parvesh Cheena as Gupta
- Anisha Nagarajan as Madhuri
- Diedrich Bader as Charlie Davies
- Pippa Black as Tonya
Supporting cast
- Thushari Jayasekera as Pinky
- Guru Singh as Ajeet
- Sharmila Devar as Lata
Guest cast
- Nicholas Logan as Midori's Caller (uncredited)
- Matt Walsh as Jerry Stern
- Shawn Parikh as 'A' Team Member
- Sridhar Maruvada as CS Worker
- Peggy Etra as Southern Caller
- K.T. Thangavelu as Ruchi
- Pooja Batra as CS Worker
- Mueen Jahan Ahmad as Lunch Man
- Surina Jindal as Gurpreet
- Alyson Reed as Sandy
- Jill Talley as Wanda
- Molly Kidder as Jenny
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 35 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 13 | September 12, 2006 | |
| Season 1 | 22 | September 23, 2010 | May 12, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sneak Peak | |
| 2 | Gag Reel | |
| 3 | Deleted Scenes: Pilot |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot American Todd Dempsy moves to India to head up a call center for a novelties company. After meeting his eccentric employees, Todd realizes he has to teach them about American culture in order to help them sell the humorous products from the company's catalog. |
September 23, 2010 |
| 2 |
The Measure of a Manmeet Performance is low and the boss tells Tod that somebody has to be fired, and it appears that Manmeet is the one who will get the ax, although Gupta is convinced that he will be the one. |
September 30, 2010 |
| 3 |
Party of Five Todd and Charlie try to set up a double date with Asha and Tonya, but things do not go off exactly as planned. |
October 7, 2010 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | NBC |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 23, 2010 |
| Last aired | May 12, 2011 |
| Runtime | 21 minutes |
| Status | Canceled |
| Schedule | Thursday at 22:30:00 |