{"id":7319,"date":"2019-12-02T14:51:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T19:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=7319"},"modified":"2019-12-02T14:51:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T19:51:25","slug":"series-premiere-awkwafina-is-nora-from-queens-wednesday-january-22-at-1030pm-on-comedy-central-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/02\/series-premiere-awkwafina-is-nora-from-queens-wednesday-january-22-at-1030pm-on-comedy-central-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Series Premiere! &#8220;Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens&#8221; Wednesday, January 22 at 10:30PM on Comedy Central [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7320\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/nora-from-queens.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/nora-from-queens.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/nora-from-queens-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/nora-from-queens-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/nora-from-queens-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/nora-from-queens-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Comedy Central today released the official trailer for the highly anticipated <strong><em>Awkwafina is Nora From Queens<\/em><\/strong>, premiering on Wednesday, January 22 at 10:30PM ET\/PT.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iftQNDmcetY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Comedy Central also unveiled the all-star roster of guest stars including Celia Au, Matthew Broussard, Michelle Buteau, Jamie Chung, Laverne Cox, Deborah S. Craig, Makeda Declet, Jennifer Esposito, Chrissie Fit, Chris Gethard, Bella Heathcote, Carmen M. Herlihy, Stephanie Hsu, David Krumholtz, Simu Liu, Natasha Lyonne, John &#8216;Dumbfoundead&#8217; Park, Matt Rogers, Harry Shum Jr., Melissa Villase\u00f1or, Ming-Na Wen, and Jaboukie Young-White.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1733608335\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>This January, creator, and writer <em>Awkwafina<\/em> (<em>The Farewell<\/em>, <em>Crazy Rich Asians<\/em>) stars in the half-hour scripted comedy inspired by her real-life growing up in Flushing, Queens. Raised by her Dad (BD Wong) and Grandma (Lori Tan Chinn) alongside her cousin (Bowen Yang), Nora Lin leans on her family as she navigates life and young adulthood in outer borough-NYC.<\/p>\n<p><em>Awkwafina is Nora From Queens<\/em> recently announced the slate of predominantly female and diverse directors for the 10-episode series: Emmy-nominated(R) actress\/director Natasha Lyonne (<em>Russian Doll<\/em>), Lucia Aniello (<em>Broad City<\/em>), Jamie Babbit (<em>But I&#8217;m a Cheerleader<\/em>), The Daniels (<em>Swiss Army Man<\/em>), Steven Tsuchida (<em>Younger<\/em>) and Anu Valia (<em>The Other Two<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Episodes of <em>Awkwafina is Nora From Queens<\/em> will be available the day after premiere via On Demand, the Comedy Central App and <a href=\"http:\/\/cc.com\">cc.com<\/a>. In addition, episodes will launch the day after each linear premiere on the Apple TV app, Prime Video, Google Play, Microsoft Movies &amp; TV, VUDU, Sony PlayStation Video, FandangoNOW and Verizon Flexview, and clips from the series will be available on the Comedy Central YouTube channel and Comedy Central web and social-media platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and <a href=\"http:\/\/cc.com\">cc.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Awkwafina is Nora From Queens<\/em> is executive produced by Nora Lum, Karey Dornetto, Lucia Aniello, Teresa Hsiao, Peter Principato and Itay Reiss of Artists First. 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