''Halal in the Family'' (also known as ''The Qu'osby Show'') is a four-episode American

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starring

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and

Sakina Jaffrey Sakina Jaffrey (born February 14, 1962) is an American actress. Early life Jaffrey was born in New York City, the youngest daughter of Indian-born parents, actress and food and travel writer Madhur Jaffrey, and actor Saeed Jaffrey. Her parent ...

. It premiered on

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featuring an

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family and addressing the underlying issues of

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in a comedic context. It uses the classic family sitcom formula to change perceptions of Muslims. Mandvi stated in the fifth episode of season 2 of ''

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'' that ''Halal in the Family'' is being developed as an animated series for TBS.

Cast

Main cast

as Aasif Qu'osby *

as Fatima Qu'osby *Shoba Narayan as Whitney Qu’osby *Nicky Maindiratta as Bobby Qu’osby

Supporting cast

Tariq Trotter Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (born October 3, 1973), better known as Black Thought, is an American rapper, singer, actor and the lead MC of the hip hop group The Roots, which he co-founded with drummer Questlove in Philadelphia. Regarded as "one of t ...

as Cousin Tariq *

Samantha Bee Samantha Anne Bee (born October 25, 1969) is a Canadian-American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actress, and television host. Bee rose to fame as a correspondent on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'', where she became the ...

as Wendy *

Jordan Klepper Jordan Klepper (born March 9, 1979) is an American comedian. He began his career as a member of The Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade. From 2014 to 2017, he was a correspondent on ''The Daily Show''. He started his own satirical program, ...

as Waleed *Russ Armstrong as Mr. Smith *Jason Babinsky as Protester *

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as Jessica

Episodes

# "Spies Like Us" # "A Very Spooq'y Halloween Special" # "B'ully" # "The Amazing Race"

Reception

Awards

*2016 Peabody-

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Futures of Media Award

References

External links

* * 2015 web series endings {{US-comedy-tv-prog-stub