TV Shows with Indian-American (desi) characters
Includes people from the general diaspora of South Asia in leading or support roles.
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- CreatorMindy KalingStarsMindy KalingIke BarinholtzEd WeeksA young Ob/Gyn doctor balances her personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co-workers in a small office.
- CreatorAziz AnsariAlan YangStarsAziz AnsariEric WareheimLena WaitheThe personal and professional life of Dev, a 30-year-old actor in New York.
- CreatorLang FisherMindy KalingStarsMaitreyi RamakrishnanPoorna JagannathanDarren BarnetThe complicated life of a first-generation Indian-American teenage girl, inspired by Mindy Kaling's own childhood.
- CreatorMatt MurrayKal PennStarsKal PennKiran DeolMoses StormGarrett 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.
- CreatorElizabeth MeriwetherStarsZooey DeschanelJake JohnsonMax GreenfieldAfter 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.One of the main cast.
- CreatorRobert BordenStarsBen RappaportAnisha NagarajanDiedrich BaderA manager is sent to India to oversee a staff of customer service representatives.
- StarsRajeev VarmaShenaz TreasuryKapil BawaHasmukh operates a small IT Consulting company "Shree Ganesh Computers Limited Inc" in Queens, NY.
- CreatorTom HertzStarsPatrick WarburtonMegyn PriceOliver HudsonTwo couples and their single friend, all at different stages in their relationships, deal with the complications of dating, commitment, and marriage.
- CreatorJoshua SafranStarsPriyanka Chopra JonasJake McLaughlinJohanna BraddyA 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.
- CreatorChuck LorreBill PradyStarsJohnny GaleckiJim ParsonsKaley CuocoA 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.
- CreatorMark Samual BonannoNaomi HigginsHumyara MahbubStarsNaomi HigginsOlivia JunkeerWil KingBest 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.
- CreatorDavid HemingsonStarsScott FoleyLauren CohanAna OrtizAn 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.Vir Das plays a support character.
- CreatorGreg DanielsMichael SchurStarsAmy PoehlerJim O'HeirNick OffermanThe absurd antics of an Indiana town's public officials as they pursue sundry projects to make their city a better place.Aziz Ansari is part of the troupe.
- StarsRomesh RanganathanSian GibsonNick HelmA man reluctantly serves as the proprietor of a pub, which he inherited from his late father.
- CreatorSera GambleJohn McNamaraStarsStella MaeveHale ApplemanArjun GuptaAfter 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.One of the main crew.
- CreatorJordan ShipleyJustin ShipleyStarsZach CreggerAsif AliBrian SaccaWhen 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.One major support character is Indian.
- StarsPaul Sun-Hyung LeeJean YoonAndrea BangThe misadventures of a Korean-Canadian family running a convenience store.Recurring characters.
- CreatorDaniel AbrahamMark FergusTy FranckStarsSteven StraitDominique TipperWes ChathamThe 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.Member of the main crew.
- CreatorMichael Patrick O'BrienStarsGlenn HowertonLyric LewisMary SohnA 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.One of the students.
- CreatorSimon RichStarsDaniel RadcliffeGeraldine ViswanathanKaran SoniAn 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.One of the main cast.
- CreatorPaul FeigStarsTrace BeaulieuNeil CaseyEugene CorderoA 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.One of the main cast.
- CreatorEvan EndicottJosh StoddardStarsJoe DinicolKaran SoniJon DalyIn Silicon Valley, the right algorithm can make you a king. And these four friends think they've finally cracked the code.One of the main cast.
- CreatorLaurie NunnStarsAsa ButterfieldGillian AndersonNcuti GatwaA teenage boy with a sex therapist mother teams up with a high school classmate to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.Two of the supporting cast.
- CreatorPat BishopMatt IngebretsonJake WeismanStarsMatt IngebretsonJake WeismanAdam LustickA dark, edgy look at life as a Junior-Executive-in-Training at your average, soulless multi-national corporation.One of the major support character.
- CreatorTim KringStarsJack ColemanHayden PanettiereMilo VentimigliaCommon people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.One of the Heroes.
- CreatorWilliam HartleyAdam MillerStarsLeah BrotherheadRyan McKenHamza JeetooaA 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.Two of the main cast.
- CreatorSmita BhideFrank SpotnitzStarsRussell PetersAnupam KherChristina ColeA Toronto police officer investigates a murder while visiting his father in India.
- CreatorDeep SehgalTom WareStarsSanjeev BhaskarAyesha DharkerJacob OakleyIn 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.
- CreatorPaul RutmanStarsHenry Lloyd-HughesJemima WestJulie WaltersDrama set in 1932 during the final years of British colonial rule in India.
- CreatorNida ManzoorStarsLucie ShorthouseAnjana VasanSarah Kameela ImpeyA 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.
- CreatorKurt SmeatonStarsMeaghan RathAaron AbramsLogan NicholsonThe half-hour comedy series follows Astrid and James as they struggle to hold onto their identities while raising their young children in the city.
- CreatorAndrew PhungScott TownendStarsAndrew PhungRakhee MorzariaZoriah WongA young, bold Canadian family taking a different approach to living life to the fullest in the suburbs.
- CreatorMatt TarsesStarsZach BraffTiya SircarHillary Anne MatthewsAlex, 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.