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UPDATED with date, time of ceremony: The 13th Television Academy Honors will be hosted by Jameela Jamil as a virtual event and will stream live Tuesday, September 8 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on the Television Academy’s website. Winners of the honors, which recognize TV shows that shed light on complex issues and…

Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj has come to an end on Netflix. Minhaj made the announcement Tuesday on Twitter. “What a run. @patriotact has come to an end,” Minhaj wrote. “I got to work with the best writers, producers, researchers, and animators in the game. My 2 babies were born and grew up with the show. TY to…

Hasan Minhaj is probably best known for being a correspondent on The Daily Show and his stand-up comedy, most notably his Netflix special Homecoming King in 2017 which earned him a Peabody Award. That same year he spoke at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. That said, 2017 was a good year for Minhaj — but he…

Hasan Minhaj has been hosting Netflix's Patriot Act since October 2018 and, in that time, he has taken on subjects including Amazon, Indian elections and controversially Saudi Arabia. Minhaj, who was previously a correspondent for Comedy Central's The Daily Show and was Jon Stewart's last hire, is now producing the…

Netflix has extended its original order for Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, greenlighting seven new episodes to bring the first season’s total to 39. The first new episode will launch on Sunday, March 29, with a new one going live weekly after that. The logline, per Netflix: The Peabody-winning comedy show explores the…

Ted Sarandos, head of content for Netflix, said “nothing” has changed at the streaming giant since the launch of Disney+ on Tuesday. “We’ve been competing with Disney and all these other folks who are coming into this from the beginning,” he said. “For us, nothing really changes. We’ve always been customer-first and…

Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings tackled a wide array of issues surrounding the streaming giant during a packed 30-minute keynote session at the New York Times‘ DealBook conference Wednesday. Asked about Topic A, the unprecedented wave of streaming competition coming from Apple and Disney this month and then…

During the Vanity Fair Summit, Patriot Act creator and host Hasan Minhaj and Sunnyside star and host Kal Penn stepped on to the stage for conversation dubbed “The Standup Citizen”. “We’re part of the Brown Illuminati,” Minhaj announced. Penn added, “Yes, Priyanka and Mindy were not available — but we’re here!” They…

The Television Academy has unveiled the juried award winners for the 71st Emmy Awards in Animation, Choreography, Interactive Programming and Motion Design categories. Read the full list below. There are seven first-time winners and one second-time winner in Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation from…

EXCLUSIVE: Jim Margolis is stepping down as executive producer and showrunner of Netflix’s weekly talk series Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj. Margolis will depart his post this summer after production wraps on the show's  current third cycle of episodes. He will be succeeded by former The Daily Show executive producer S…

Hasan Minhaj has responded to the Netflix removal of an episode of his Patriot Act show in Saudi Arabia for political reasons. Speaking on Sunday’s mid-season premiere, Minhaj criticized Netflix’s decision to remove the episode from its service in Saudi Arabia. The Saudis claimed that Minhaj’s criticism of Crown…

Call this a case of life intimidating art. Netflix has removed an episode of Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj from streaming in Saudi Arabia after that country's government complained that it showed the kingdom in a negative light. The episode focused on Saudi Arabia in the wake of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing…