Outsourced (2010– )

A manager is sent to India to oversee a staff of customer service representatives.

Stars:

Ben Rappaport, Anisha Nagarajan, Diedrich Bader

4 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Ben Rappaport	...	Todd Dempsy (22 episodes, 2010-2011)
Anisha Nagarajan	...	Madhuri (22 episodes, 2010-2011)
Diedrich Bader	...	Charlie Davies (22 episodes, 2010-2011)
Parvesh Cheena	...	Gupta (22 episodes, 2010-2011)
Pippa Black	...	Tonya (22 episodes, 2010-2011)
Rebecca Hazlewood	...	Asha (22 episodes, 2010-2011)
Rizwan Manji	...	Rajiv Gidwani (22 episodes, 2010-2011)
Sacha Dhawan	...	Manmeet (22 episodes, 2010-2011)
Guru Singh	...	Ajeet (22 episodes, 2010-2011)
Thushari Jayasekera	...	Pinky (22 episodes, 2010-2011)
Sharmila Devar	...	Lata (20 episodes, 2010-2011)
Zerina Usmen	...	Sari Vendor (20 episodes, 2010-2011)
Christopher Riordan	...	Call Center Supervisor (11 episodes, 2010-2011)

Storyline

Todd Dempsey works at American Novelty Company is in line to be the manager of the call center. But after attending a training seminar, he returns to discover that the Company decided to out source the call center to India. And if Todd wants to be the manager of the call center, he must move to India which he reluctantly does. And he has a hard time adjusting to their customs. And he has to deal with the assistant manager who wants to be manager, so he is doing everything to get rid of him. He meets another American assigned there, Charlie and an Australian whom he leans on.

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Plot Keywords:

india | fish out of water | workplace | east meets west | novelty shop | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

NBC [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

A számkiszervezett

Company Credits

Production Co:

In Cahoots, Universal Media Studios (UMS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Mumbai is hours ahead of the central United States. In order to operate a call center that takes orders from the US during US business hours, the call center would need to be operating from about 6pm Mumbai time until 7am Mumbai time. In this show it is clear that Mid-American Novelty Call Center in operating during normal daylight hours. The movie that this series is based on actually shows the call center operating during the overnight hours.

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Tina Fey/Ellie Goulding (2011)

User Reviews

I love this show!

I haven't watched a sitcom since 'Samantha Who' was canceled. This show is hilarious. I love seeing more and more minorities on TV. Yes, Indians do seem to be the new 'comic relief'. I hope they benefit from their newfound popularity and not be taken as a stereotype. Please keep this show on the air NBC! Yeah, 'more colorful'.

"Detroit, home of motor vehicles and black people." LOL I really hope they filmed some of these scenes in India, though I doubt it. But it would be nice if their country benefit from the filming. Oh, and what is up with the 'quiet girl?!'

America shipping jobs overseas really is an issue here that needs to be dealt with, but it's nice to see this political problem being dealt with in a comedic way.