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Outsourced(TV show/series, 2010-2011)

TV-14
| 21min per episode | Genres: Comedy, Kids & Family

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 22 episodes

OutsourcedRating: 3.4/5 (with 47 votes)
Outsourced is an American sitcom television series set in an Indian workplace. It is based on the film of the same name and adapted by Robert Borden for Universal Media Studios and NBC. The series originally ran from September 23, 2010 to May 12, 2011. The show was officially picked up by NBC on May 7, 2010 and on October 18, 2010, the show received a full season order. Outsourced was filmed at Radford Studios in Studio City, Los Angeles, California. When the renewal of the show was not announced with renewal of other NBC shows, the cast and crew started a campaign for fans of the show to request its renewal. On May 13, 2011, NBC announced that Outsourced was cancelled after one season. Outsourced is set in a call center in Mumbai, India, where an American novelties company has recently outsourced its order processing. A lone American manages the call center and must explain American popular culture to his employees as he tries to understand Indian culture. ()
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About Outsourced

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.

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Outsourced Seasons and Episodes

09/23/2010Season 1 - 22 episodes
#1 | 09/23/2010Pilot
2.5/5 (with 6 votes)
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.
#2 | 09/30/2010The Measure of a Manmeet
3.5/5 (with 2 votes)
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.
#3 | 10/07/2010Party of Five
3.3/5 (with 2 votes)
Todd and Charlie try to set up a double date with Asha and Tonya, but things do not go off exactly as planned.
#4 | 10/14/2010Jolly Vindaloo Day
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Rajiv makes up a fake holiday to get Todd out of the office so he can pretend he's managing the office in order to impress his future father-in-law. Elsewhere, Manmeet, Gupta and Madhuri seek help with a revenge plot.
#5 | 10/21/2010Touched by an Anglo
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Todd is confused when an employee files a sexual harassment claim against him because he doesn't know what he has done.
#6 | 10/28/2010Bolloween
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Todd holds a Halloween party at the boarding house where he is now forced to live by the company because of cutbacks, which is part of his plan to get close to Asha.
#7 | 11/04/2010Truly, Madly, Pradeeply
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Todd and Manmeet launch a plan to get Todd considered for Asha's arranged marriage, while Gupta gets Charlie hooked on a nasty local addiction.
#8 | 11/11/2010Home for the Diwalidays
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Todd hooks up with Tonya in the office while his workers are all off celebrating Diwali.
#9 | 11/18/2010Temporary Monsanity
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
A monsoon threatens to spoil Todd's plans to get the office so that he can reach a sales quota on Black Friday in order to win a trip to Hawaii for his parents.
#10 | 12/02/2010Homesick to My Stomach
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Todd finds a place to watch the Kansas City Chiefs game, but an upset stomach causes him to miss the game and get homesick. Rajiv takes advantage of Todd's absence to make drastic changes in the office.
#11 | 01/20/2011A Sitar is Born
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Todd tries to encourage Madhuri to audition to become a Bollywood performer, but Gupta takes him up on the offer instead. Meanwhile Charlie volunteers to fix the phone lines in Todd's office after the technician requests a bribe.
#12 | 01/27/2011Sari Charlie
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Charlie spies on Tonya to find out if she's seeing anyone, and discovers that she is--and it's not Todd. Meanwhile, Rajiv tries to make sure that he gets a good evaluation from his employees.
#13 | 02/03/2011Training Day
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Todd sets up a corporate retreat for his employees, but the train breaks down on the way to the site. Meanwhile, Tonya tries to help Charlie find a date.
#14 | 02/10/2011The Todd Couple
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Todd leads anger-management training to improve the staff's customer-service skills, but he's surprised to learn that Gupta is in need of the most help. Elsewhere, Madhuri receives a Valentine's Day gift from a secret beau.
#15 | 02/17/2011Guess Who's Coming to Delhi
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Todd's boss, Jerry, visits India with his mind set on partying. But while babysitting a drunk Jerry, Todd ends up in trouble with Tonya. Elsewhere, Charlie asks Gupta to teach him about Indian culture after he's deemed culturally insensitive by human resources.
#16 | 02/24/2011Take this Punjab and Shove it
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Todd finds the perfect telemarketer and gives him a job, only to have Tonya steal him away.
#17 | 03/17/2011Todd's Holi War
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Todd fights with another company that cut off All-American Novelties' access to the air conditioning in the building, while Rajiv tries to find an original way to propose to his girlfriend.
#18 | 03/24/2011Gupta's Hit and Manmeet's Missus
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Charlie helps Manmeet make a video to impress his American Internet girlfriend, and Gupta files an abuse complaint against Rajiv.
#19 | 04/07/2011Charlie Curries a Favor from Todd
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Todd gives Charlie a job after the company he works for goes out of business, and Rajiv uses Gupta to help try to trick a charity into paying for his honeymoon.
#20 | 04/14/2011Mama Sutra
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Tonya's mom visits once again, and Todd is determined to make a better impression this time around. But Todd soon discovers a secret about the woman that complicates his goal. Elsewhere, Madhuri reads her coworkers' palms.
#21 | 05/05/2011Rajiv Ties the Baraat (1)
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Todd and Charlie decide to throw Rajiv an American bachelor party for Rajiv during his wedding, and Manmeet tries to make a good impression as his first meeting with his American girlfriend approaches.
#22 | 05/12/2011Rajiv Ties the Baraat (2)
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
?Specials - 13 episodes

Additional Information

Official websites:
Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 16 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Bosnian (BS), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Canceled
First episode released on: 09/23/2010
Last episode released on: 05/12/2011
Creator: Ken Kwapis
Director: Ken Kwapis
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Alô, Alô, Índia"
"Haló, tady Indie"

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