Sunnyside

Sunnyside is an American sitcom created by Kal Penn and Matt Murray. The series premiered on September 26, 2019, on NBC. The series is produced by Panther Co., Fremulon, 3 Arts Entertainment in association with Universal Television, with Penn and Murray serving as showrunners. On October 15, 2019, it was announced that NBC had pulled further episodes of the series from the air, and that the eleventh and final season of Will & Grace, initially held for midseason, premiered in its timeslot. It was the first network television cancellation of the 2019–20 television season. The remaining episodes have been released online on the NBC app/NBC.com and other video on-demand platforms. Premise Set in Sunnyside, Queens in New York City, the series follows Garrett Modi, a fictional former New York City Councilman, who finds his calling when faced with immigrants in need of his help and in search of the American Dream. Cast Main Kal Penn as Garrett Modi (named for Edna Garrett), a self-absorbed former city councilman removed from office after being charged with bribing a police officer. He now helps a group of immigrants receive permanent legal status in the United States while trying to improve himself as a person. Diana-Maria Riva as Griselda, a Dominican immigrant, married to a U.S. citizen. A running joke is that she works an unreasonable number of jobs, often in seemingly random places. Poppy Liu as Mei Lin, a member of a wealthy Asian family, on an EB-5 visa, seeking U.S. citizenship. Joel Kim Booster as Jun Ho, Mei Lin's brother, also on an EB-5 visa and seeking U.S. citizenship. Moses Storm as Bojan/Brady, born in Moldova and brought to the U.S. by his parents at age 2, enrolled in Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, seeking legal status in the U.S. Samba Schutte as Hakim, an Ethiopian immigrant, formerly a cardiothoracic surgeon in Ethiopia and currently a taxicab driver because he is not licensed to practice medicine in the U.S. Kiran Deol as Mallory Modi (named for Mallory Keaton), Garrett's sister, a successful doctor.