The “SNL” alum wanted to prove that Middle Eastern women could be funny, flawed, and complicated. So she created her own star vehicle: playing an awkward teenage boy named Chad.

Nasim Pedrad is heading back to high school… as a 14-year-old boy. TBS has handed a series order to Chad, a 10-episode comedy starring the Saturday Night Live alumna as a Persian boy trying to ...

Elliott Gould, Nasim Pedrad, Seaton Smith and Zack Pearlman are joining John Mulaney and Martin Short as cast members in Fox’s new ensemble multi-camera comedy, “Mulaney” (working title).

Some sad news for the Saturday Night Live fans out there: The mega-talented funny lady Nasim Pedrad likely won’t return next season. Starting out on SNL back in 2009, she’s always proven to be ...

Nasim Pedrad As Aziz Ansari In This Unaired ‘SNL’ Sketch Is A Real ‘Boner Eraser’ Kris Maske Head Of Publishing Twitter September 16, 2014 ...

SNL and Mulaney star Nasim Pedrad has signed a deal to develop, write, and star in a new comedy on Fox. Needless to say, Fox is keeping her busy, and according to the network, Pedrad has truly ...

Just ask SNL vet Nasim Pedrad, who was a cast member from 2009 to 2014. While she may have been done with SNL, she wasn’t done with comedy.

The stars are aligning, quite literally, for Saturday Night Live's40th Anniversary Special. What about Nasim Pedrad — will she be attending the SNL "reunion" this Sunday night on NBC? The long ...

Fox has ordered a pilot for “Chad: An American Boy,” a comedy which will star “SNL” alum Nasim Pedrad as a 14-year-old boy in a Middle Eastern Family, Variety has learned. The comedy ...