Outsourced (Season 1)

Outsourced (2010) is an NBC workplace sitcom you can watch online on iFILM. A Kansas company that sells whoopee cushions, foam fan fingers and bacon-scented wallets decides to ship its entire call center off to Mumbai.

Mid-level manager Todd Dempsey (Ben Rappaport) gets handed the keys. His new staff has never seen a single one of the gag products they're now expected to sell to Americans over the phone, so he ends up explaining the Fourth of July, rodeos and baseball from scratch. Around him orbit sharp, ambitious Asha, the chatterbox Gupta, and Charlie, the burned-out rival manager who treats India as one long ordeal.

Spun off from the 2006 indie film of the same name, the show ran for just one season but earns its place through warmth rather than cruelty — the culture-clash gags land soft. Good company if you liked The Office for its awkward pauses and decent hearts. Stream Outsourced (2010) online on iFILM.