Thanks A Lot, NBC.

So I just finished watching what I thought was the season finale of Outsourced one of my new favorite workplace comedies on NBC set in India. I will say that when the show first started, I was afraid it would be teeming with easy stereotypical humor, but it's proven to be a solid comedy with refreshing jokes and the amusing idiosyncrasies of Indian life (and call-center life). Not to mention, some of the actors on the show such as Parvesh Cheena (Gupta) and Sacha Dhawan (Manmeet) are pretty brilliant, and as an Indian-American, it warms my heart to see good Indian actors on TV.

Except what I thought was a season finale, was actually a series finale. Yes, that's right. Outsourced has been officially taken off the air and won't be returning for a second season.

But good news! NBC is adding new pilots to its lineup like Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea and BFFs, the former being a show revolving around Chelsea Handler. Yay!

Did you sense the sarcasm in that last sentence? I hope you did. Because this is just ridiculous. Finally, NBC comes along with a decent, international workplace comedy, and with a heartwarming finale, they swipe it away. First of all, if they were planning to end the show at the end of the first season, they shouldn't have ended it the way they did. I won't give away any spoilers, but it definitely had me wanting a new episode soon to see the progression of a possibly interesting new storyline.

By the way, Two and a Half Men is still going strong with the new addition of Ashton Kutcher. Oh, great. Don't get me wrong, I love Ashton Kutcher. But the show needs to go, it's not funny.

I just feel that the people in the corporate offices need to get their heads on straight, and understand the difference between good, refreshing comedy, and comedy that smells like wet dog. Or at least, don't introduce us to great TV and then play the meanest April Fool's joke ever. I really commended them for moving in the right direction, away from safe, stereotypical humor in Outsourced. You were doing fine, what happened?? I can't imagine that the official ratings reflect the true audience reactions, because I know plenty of people that love the show.

I hope this is a bad dream, I really do. In the meantime, NBC also seems to be picking up another pilot, crossed over from the UK - Free Agents, starring Hank Azaria. Now, I do love me some Hank, even though the movie industry hasn't really been the greatest to him in terms of film roles. Word has it that the network is hoping this show will garner as much success as the hugely popular crossover, The Office. I think that's aiming a bit too high, since The Office is very much its own thing (though now, with the loss of Michael Scott, I might have to eat my words...so sad).

What do you think? Are you happy to see Outsourced go? Comment away!