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EXCLUSIVE: Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens will be back. Comedy Central has renewed the comedy starring the eponymous star for a third season. The second season, which launched in August 2021, performed well for the Paramount-owned cable network, surpassing numbers for Season 1, which debuted it January 2020. Cancellatio…

Awkwafina is leaving Twitter for now.  The actress whose real name is Nora Lum Tweeted release a statement earlier today addressing the criticisms for her use of African American Vernacular English (AAVE). She starts the apology by stating, "There is a sociopolitical context to everything, especially the historical…

EXCLUSIVE: Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens returned to Comedy Central for Season 2, scoring a 0.31 rating in the 18-49 demo, per Nielsen; L+SD. The Comedy Central series, starring the Shang-Chi and Crazy Rich Asians actress, returned with a two-episode launch on Wednesday in the 10 p.m. hour. The series saw a 20%…

Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens is returning to Comedy Central in August, and the second season will feature the TV directorial debut of star BD Wong. Wong, who plays Awkwafina's dad in the comedy series, will direct alongside Andrew McCarthy, Bill Benz, Laura Murphy, Jordan Kim and Steven Tsuchida. The second season…

The BBC’s youth streaming service BBC Three has acquired the first season of Comedy Central’s hit scripted comedy Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens. The 10-part series will land on BBC Three later this year and is headlined by Awkwafina, who stars in Crazy Rich Asians and won a Golden Globe in January for her role in The F…

Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens has ended its first season on a high note. The March 25 season 1 finale scored season highs among M18-34 (.52, +27%) and P18-34 (.46, +22%) in Live+3, according to Comedy Central and Nielsen. Viewers staying home amid the coronavirus crisis are being credited with contributing to the…

The Live+3 numbers for the premiere for Awkwafina is Nora From Queens are in and it’s very good news for Comedy Central. The January 22 debut episode of the series starring Awkwafina drew 3.8 million total viewers including replays, streaming and premiere simulcast across seven Viacom networks in L+3. The premiere…

Awkwafina is Nora From Queens, which already has landed an early second season renewal, has scored for Comedy Central. The premiere episode drew a .31 rating among Adults 18-49 and 489,000 total viewers for its January 22 debut, the network’s highest-rated season one premiere since 2017. Among Women 18-49, the…

Awkwafina is Nora From Queens can easily be a spiritual sequel or a spinoff of Comedy Central’s wildly popular series Broad City. Although the show from the newly minted Golden Globe winner lives in the same universe as Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson’s trend-setting BFF comedy of female empowerment, Nora From Queens…

Comedy Central has given an early season 2 renewal to Awkwafina is Nora From Queens, ahead of series of its January 22 series premiere. The renewal was announced Tuesday as part of Comedy Central’s presentation at the TCA Winter Press Tour. The Farewell and Crazy Rich Asians star Awkwafina headlines the half-hour…

Awkwafina’s upcoming Comedy Central series has a title. The Crazy Rich Asians and The Farewell actor will star in Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens, which is based loosely on her life. The half-hour scripted comedy is about Nora Lum (Awkwafina’s real name), a young woman growing up in Flushing, raised by her dad (BD Wong)…