Kumail Nanjiani starred in a comedy.
Franklin & Bash is an American comedy-drama television series created by Kevin Falls and Bill Chais . Kumail Nanjiani . He starred on the TNT series Franklin & Bash and the Adult Swim series Newsreaders . In 2017 , Nanjiani starred in the romantic comedy film The Big Sick , which he wrote with his wife Emily V. Gordon . Newsreaders is an American television comedy that aired on Cartoon Network 's late night programming block Adult Swim .