Nasim Pedrad’s ‘Chad’ Tackles the Timeless Agony of Being a Teenager: TV Review

LOL! The third episode of TBS’ Chad included many hilarious moments, namely Chad (Nasim Pedrad) showing up at his mother’s boyfriend’s house as he attempts to become part of his much-older friend group.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticThe most memorable moment of “Rutherford Falls” — featuring two characters sitting opposite each other and just talking with startling honesty — deviates sharply from the show’s established norm.

More television shows are relocating their production to California thanks to the state's film incentives program. The TBS comedyChadwill move from British Columbia while the HBO Max dramedy The Flight Attendantwill relocate from New York.

The Flight Attendant and Chad are swooping into the Golden State for their second seasons.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterTwo TV series are moving production to California to take advantage of the state’s 25% tax credit for relocating shows, the California Film Commission announced on Monday.“The Flight Attendant,” on HBO Max, and TBS’s sitcom “Chad” will move to California for their second seasons.

Another week of TV means a ton of funny moments on both the scripted and reality shows.

Disney+ has found the star for Seth Grahame-Smith’s horror/comedy anthology series Just Beyond in Mckenna Grace and Lexi Underwood. The series is based on the bestselling BOOM! Studios graphic novel from Goosebumps author R.L. Stine.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMcKenna Grace and Lexi Underwood will star in their own standalone episodes of the upcoming Disney Plus anthology series “Just Beyond,” with Nasim Pedrad set to join Grace in a guest starring role.The horror-comedy series is based on the RL Stine graphic novels of the same name. Disney Plus ordered eight episodes of the show last year.

Liev Schreiber and Taylor Neisen are enjoying a day out in the Big Apple!

Chad Lowe is opening up about his decision to walk off his NBC Sitcom, , when he was just 15 years old. The actor told The Creative Coalition CEO, Robin Bronk, on the latest episode of  podcast, that he had no idea «how big it was» to walk off a show at the time.«I’m a 14-turning-15-year-old kid, who thinks he’s an adult, in an adult world making money as the face of a show that is moderately billed as a success.

In a time like this, it’s always nice to have a good laugh. Luckily, so many shows bring exactly that.

Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years sneak peek episode, and the series premiere of comedy Chad have both gotten off to a solid ratings start for their respective networks, Nickelodeon and TBS.

Chad Lowe has had a rocky road in the TV business.

Fourteen-year-old Ferydoon "Chad" Amani is a little jerk. He's selfish, obsessive and impatient.

Chad, was green lit, but she also had a massive reality dawn on her: It was time to step up her . That might seem like a somewhat obvious thing for an actor to think when embarking on a new TV series, but Pedrad's latest role—which she's also the writer and producer for—is far different from anything we've seen the 39-year-old actor in. For one, she'll be playing a 14-year-old.

When it comes to sitcoms exploring the challenges of adolescence and maneuvering through high school, awkwardness is pretty much a guarantee. For Nasim Pedrad and her new TBS sitcom Chad, the 39-year-old actress and showrunner ensures audiences will both cringe and laugh by embodying her protagonist, a 14-year-old Iranian boy who is desperate to fit in.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVHalf a decade ago just after Nasim Pedrad left the “Saturday Night Live” ensemble, she came up with the idea for “Chad,” a sitcom centering on an awkward teenage boy who just desperately wants to fit in. After first being developed for broadcast television, “Chad” found a home at WarnerMedia cabler TBS and is finally premiering on April 6.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticHere’s a complete list of things we learn about Awalmir, or “Al,” in the first four episodes of the new show ostensibly about him: Al (Adhir Kalyan) is a friendly Afghan translator. Al loves qorma-e-sabzi (an Afghan spinach stew), his mother, sister, countless cousins, and best American friend Riley (Parker Young), a former Marine who retained Al’s services while stationed in Afghanistan.

Former One Tree Hill star Chad Michael Murray showed off a rare photo of his two children and gushed about how much he loves “daddy duty.” The 39-year-old is incredibly private about his five-year-old son and four-year-old daughter with wife Sarah Roemer. They’ve never publicly disclosed their children’s names or shown their faces on social media.