TV Shows with Indian-American (desi) characters
by danieljohn-55153 | created - 18 Feb 2021 | updated - 28 Jan 2022 | PublicIncludes people from the general diaspora of South Asia in leading or support roles.
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1. The Mindy Project (2012–2017)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
A young Ob/Gyn doctor balances her personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co-workers in a small office.
Stars: Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, Ed Weeks, Chris Messina
Votes: 34,917
2. Master of None (2015–2021)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
The personal and professional life of Dev, a 30-year-old actor in New York.
Stars: Aziz Ansari, Eric Wareheim, Lena Waithe, Noël Wells
Votes: 76,264
3. Never Have I Ever (2020–2023)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
The complicated life of a first-generation Indian-American teenage girl, inspired by Mindy Kaling's own childhood.
Stars: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Poorna Jagannathan, Darren Barnet, John McEnroe
Votes: 79,927
4. Sunnyside (2019)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy
Garrett Modi (Kal Penn) is a former New York city councilman who finds his calling when faced with immigrants in need of his help and in search of the American Dream.
Stars: Kal Penn, Kiran Deol, Moses Storm, Diana Maria Riva
Votes: 984
5. New Girl (2011–2018)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
After a bad break-up, Jess, an offbeat young woman, moves into an apartment loft with three single men. Although they find her behavior very unusual, the men support her - most of the time.
Stars: Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, Hannah Simone
Votes: 245,232
One of the main cast.
6. Outsourced (2010–2011)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
A manager is sent to India to oversee a staff of customer service representatives.
Stars: Ben Rappaport, Anisha Nagarajan, Diedrich Bader, Parvesh Cheena
Votes: 12,739
7. Brown Nation (2016)
21 min | Comedy
Hasmukh operates a small IT Consulting company "Shree Ganesh Computers Limited Inc" in Queens, NY.
Stars: Rajeev Varma, Shenaz Treasury, Kapil Bawa, Remy Munasifi
Votes: 730
8. Rules of Engagement (2007–2013)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Two couples and their single friend, all at different stages in their relationships, deal with the complications of dating, commitment, and marriage.
Stars: Patrick Warburton, Megyn Price, Oliver Hudson, Bianca Kajlich
Votes: 35,845
9. Quantico (2015–2018)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A look at the lives of young FBI recruits training at the Quantico base in Virginia when one of them is suspected of being a sleeper terrorist.
Stars: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Jake McLaughlin, Johanna Braddy, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Votes: 63,852
10. The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
A woman who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.
Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 866,654
11. Why Are You Like This (2018– )
Comedy
Best friends Penny and Mia set out to right all that's wrong with the world, blissfully ignorant of how many people they torment along the way.
Stars: Naomi Higgins, Olivia Junkeer, Wil King, Lawrence Leung
Votes: 1,981
12. Whiskey Cavalier (2019)
TV-14 | 554 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An FBI agent and his new partner, a CIA operative, embark on missions to save the world, but have to put up with each other first.
Stars: Scott Foley, Lauren Cohan, Ana Ortiz, Tyler James Williams
Votes: 10,373
Vir Das plays a support character.
13. Parks and Recreation (2009–2015)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
The absurd antics of an Indiana town's public officials as they pursue sundry projects to make their city a better place.
Stars: Amy Poehler, Jim O'Heir, Nick Offerman, Chris Pratt
Votes: 287,550
Aziz Ansari is part of the troupe.
14. The Reluctant Landlord (2018–2019)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
A man reluctantly serves as the proprietor of a pub, which he inherited from his late father.
Stars: Romesh Ranganathan, Sian Gibson, Nick Helm, Yasmine Akram
Votes: 825
15. The Magicians (2015–2020)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
After being recruited to a secretive academy, a group of students discovers that the magic they read about as children is very real--and more dangerous than they ever imagined.
Stars: Stella Maeve, Hale Appleman, Arjun Gupta, Summer Bishil
Votes: 56,155
One of the main crew.
16. Wrecked (2016–2018)
TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When a plane crashes on a deserted island on the way to Thailand, the crash survivors struggle to get along, and heads clash as they have differing views on how to stay alive and get off the island.
Stars: Zach Cregger, Asif Ali, Brian Sacca, Ally Maki
Votes: 8,005
One major support character is Indian.
17. Kim's Convenience (2016–2021)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
The misadventures of a Korean-Canadian family running a convenience store.
Stars: Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Jean Yoon, Andrea Bang, Simu Liu
Votes: 24,137
Recurring characters.
18. The Expanse (2015–2022)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The disappearance of rich-girl-turned-political-activist links the lives of Ceres detective, accidental ship captain and U.N. politician. Amidst political tension between Earth, Mars and the Belt, they unravel the greatest conspiracy.
Stars: Steven Strait, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham, Shohreh Aghdashloo
Votes: 171,954
Member of the main crew.
19. A.P. Bio (2018–2021)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy
A former philosophy professor who takes a job teaching advanced placement biology uses his students to get back at the people in his life who have wronged him.
Stars: Glenn Howerton, Lyric Lewis, Mary Sohn, Jean Villepique
Votes: 16,647
One of the students.
20. Miracle Workers (2019–2023)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An anthology series in which a colorful blend of outcasts and iconoclasts confront universal issues across various time periods: love, faith, societal norms, and venturing into the unknown.
Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Geraldine Viswanathan, Karan Soni, Jon Bass
Votes: 18,764
One of the main cast.
21. Other Space (2015)
30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A young and inexperienced crew venture into space to face mysterious clouds, folds in time and the occasional alien attack, as well as more household challenges.
Stars: Trace Beaulieu, Neil Casey, Eugene Cordero, Joel Hodgson
Votes: 2,656
One of the main cast.
22. Betas (2013–2014)
TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy
In Silicon Valley, the right algorithm can make you a king. And these four friends think they've finally cracked the code.
Stars: Joe Dinicol, Karan Soni, Jon Daly, Charlie Saxton
Votes: 2,990
One of the main cast.
23. Sex Education (2019–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A teenage boy with a sex therapist mother teams up with a high school classmate to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
Stars: Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey
Votes: 350,611
Two of the supporting cast.
24. Corporate (2018–2020)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
A dark, edgy look at life as a Junior-Executive-in-Training at your average, soulless multi-national corporation.
Stars: Matt Ingebretson, Jake Weisman, Adam Lustick, Anne Dudek
Votes: 4,088
One of the major support character.
25. Heroes (II) (2006–2010)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Common people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.
Stars: Jack Coleman, Hayden Panettiere, Milo Ventimiglia, Masi Oka
Votes: 251,458
One of the Heroes.
26. Zomboat! (2019)
24 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A Zombie apocalypse is unleashed in Birmingham and sisters Kat and Jo, together with unlikely travel companions Sunny and Amar must flee for their lives...by canal boat.
Stars: Leah Brotherhead, Ryan McKen, Hamza Jeetooa, Cara Theobold
Votes: 2,179
Two of the main cast.
27. The Indian Detective (2017)
43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Toronto police officer investigates a murder while visiting his father in India.
Stars: Russell Peters, Anupam Kher, Christina Cole, Mishqah Parthiephal
Votes: 3,520
28. The Indian Doctor (2010–2013)
Not Rated | Drama, History
In a comedy-drama set in the 1960s, a South Wales coal mining community is changed forever following the death of the local doctor, whose replacement comes as quite a shock to the villagers.
Stars: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Ayesha Dharker, Jacob Oakley, Mali Harries
Votes: 1,586
29. Indian Summers (2015–2016)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama
Drama set in 1932 during the final years of British colonial rule in India.
Stars: Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Jemima West, Julie Walters, Rick Warden
Votes: 4,543
30. We Are Lady Parts (2021– )
TV-MA | 24 min | Comedy, Music
A look at the highs and lows of the band members that make up a Muslim female punk band, Lady Parts, as seen through the eyes of Amina Hussein, a geeky PhD student who is recruited to be their unlikely lead guitarist.
Stars: Lucie Shorthouse, Anjana Vasan, Sarah Kameela Impey, Faith Omole
Votes: 5,201
31. Children Ruin Everything (2022– )
TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy
The half-hour comedy series follows Astrid and James as they struggle to hold onto their identities while raising their young children in the city.
Stars: Meaghan Rath, Aaron Abrams, Logan Nicholson, Mikayla SwamiNathan
Votes: 994
32. Run the Burbs (2022– )
30 min | Comedy
A young, bold Canadian family taking a different approach to living life to the fullest in the suburbs.
Stars: Andrew Phung, Rakhee Morzaria, Zoriah Wong, Roman Pesino
Votes: 817
33. Alex, Inc. (2018)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Alex, who is in his mid-30s with a wife and two kids, makes the crazy decision to quit his good job and dive into the brave new world of starting a business.
Stars: Zach Braff, Tiya Sircar, Hillary Anne Matthews, Elisha Henig
Votes: 2,070
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