Hulu has today given a series order to the original comedy series Deli Boys starring Asif Ali and Saagar Shaikh. The first season will produce ten episodes.
When their convenience store magnate father suddenly dies, the pampered Pakistani-American Dar brothers, Mir (Ali) and Raj (Shaikh), lose everything and are forced to reckon with their Baba's secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld.
The comedy will also star Alfie Fuller, Poorna Jagannathan and Brian George.
Abdullah Saeed wrote the pilot, which was directed by Nisha Ganatra. They will executive produce with showrunner Michelle Nader, Jenni Konner, Nora Silver and Vali Chandrasekaran. 20th Television, Onyx Collective and Jenni Konner Productions will produce.