Hasan Minhaj, who was named in the 2019 TIME 100 list, with Patriot Act winning a Peabody Award and two Webbys, is losing showrunner Jim Margolis of the Netflix series.
According to a Deadline exclusive, the showrunner will step away from the series after the summer and will be replaced by “former The Daily Show executive producer Steve Bodow”. He is reuniting with Minhaj who is an alum of The Daily Show.
The two have a history.
Deadline added: “Minhaj and Bodow departed The Daily Show with Trevor Noah within a few months of each other in 2018-2019 having worked closely together on the program for four years. Additionally, Bodow consulted on Minhaj’s 2017 White House Correspondents’ Dinner speech.”
Writing about Hasan Minhaj in Time Magazine, Trevor Noah stated – among other things – “See, Hasan is a first-generation, Indian-American Muslim. But Hasan also loves the NBA, struggles with a ‘crippling’ sneaker habit and speaks fluent hip-hop. Patriot Act is the manifestation of Hasan’s whip-smart commentary, charisma and sincerity. It’s also a consistent reminder that Hasan is America. And America is Hasan.”
In the latest episode of Patriot Act, Hasan Minhaj has touched the subject of corruption in Indian cricket. More power to him.
