Outsourced on TV

Back in 2006 a movie came out called Outsourced, which was about an American man whose company was outsourced to India due to budget restraints, and he's sent to the call center to train the new call center. It was rather well done, IMO, and I really liked the humor and the romantic aspect, which is saying something since I am not much of a rom-com gal (I definitely prefer sci fi flicks). When NBC announced that they would be making a sitcom spin off of the movie for this fall, I took the news with a cautious optimism, deciding that even if the show was bad I could finally see a show with more than just the token Indian in it - after all, a show about an Indian call center should have a lot of Indians in it. :)

As of now only three episodes have aired, and while I have some small issues with some aspects, I am hoping that things will improve, as it is rather early in the season and I may need to give them some time. My main problem so far is in the writing, so I can only hope that they get all their stereotyped jokes out of the way and maybe turn to other outlets for humor. When they're not trying so hard to make things funny I feel that there are some really good parts of the show, so I do sense potential. Let's hope they live up to it.