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Ramy Youssef is back on television, and he's not steering clear of controversial subject matter. The acclaimed creator and star of Hulu's Ramy is getting a bit more, uh, animated in his next outing, via the comedy #1 Happy Family USA for Prime Video. Because, frankly, it's about time someone made an adult animated series following a Muslim family living in New Jersey in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks.

As the official synopsis puts it:

"From creator Ramy Youssef comes '#1 Happy Family USA,' an adult-animated series following the maniacally upbeat Husseins — the most patriotic, most peaceful, and most definitely-not-suspicious Muslim family in post-9/11 "Amreeka." With satire and absurdity, it redefines finding humor in hardship as they navigate the early 2000s under the watchful eyes of their terrified neighbors."

And we now have a release date — April 17, 2025 — and an official trailer for the series; the latter of...

Netflix and Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe-winning writer, director, comedian and actor Ramy Youssef are teaming up. Youssef has signed a first-look deal with the streamer in which he will develop and create serialized projects through his production company Cairo Cowboy.

Netflix’s first collaboration with Youssef was as exec producer of the critically acclaimed series Mo that he co-created with Mo Amer. The series has received numerous awards, including a Peabody, Gotham Award, TV Academy Honors, and an AFI Awards Honoree. Mo is in post-production on its second season right now which will bring the story to a close.

Netflix’s next collaboration with Youssef will be as co-creator and executive producer of the scripted comedy series Golf, in which he will also play a role.

Under the Cairo Cowboy banner, the credits include Hulu and A24’s Golden Globe and Peabody Award-winning series Ramy, which is now streaming its...

Ramy Youssef’s latest HBO special, “Ramy Youssef: More Feelings,” had been in the works for years — and had evolved over time as Youssef got in a relationship and eventually got married. But some of his routine also became very more front and center for audiences in the wake of the war in Gaza.

“There’s stuff that I do touch on, a tightrope walk of taking really big concepts, and then making them super personal,” Youssef tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast. “With our show [Hulu’s “Ramy”], we had already done that with Palestine and Israel. And in my stand up, I had already done versions of it. But in the last seven or eight months, it became something that has risen to the surface for everybody. When you’re taking your time to talk about it for 10 minutes in a set, it’s important to you. On a show,...

“Avatar: The Last Airbender” Renewed For Two More Seasons

There’s harmony at Netflix and amidst the four nations. The streamer has announced a two-season renewal for its hit live-action “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” based on the hit Nickelodeon anime of the same name. The series will officially end with the third season, mirroring the animated series’ arc.

Watch the trailer for “Avatar: The Last Airbender” Season 1 below:

“Avatar: The Last Airbender” takes place in a world divided into four nations—Water, Earth, Fire, and Air—where Benders can manipulate and control their respective nation’s element. Amidst lost hope, Aang (played by Gordon Cormier), a young Air Nomad, reawakens to take his place as the next Avatar, the only individual who has the ability to bend all four elements, and he and his friends Katara (Kiawentiio) and Sokka (Ian Ousley) journey to end the Fire Nation’s war against...

HBO will premiere the comedy special “Ramy Youssef: More Feelings” on March 23.

Per the official description, the trailer sees the actor, writer and comedian “offer his unique reflections on our divided world, the unexpected perils of charitable giving and more,” hitting on topics including “the 2024 presidential election, the importance of prayer, and a childhood book report that changed the course of his life.”

“I’m done apologizing. I’m done saying that we’re peaceful,” Youssef says in the trailer. “For 20 years, we’ve had to prove to people that we’re safe. Every time you turn on CNN, there’s some Arab dude talking about how ‘Islam’ means ‘peace.’ You know that guy? But he’s always shouting it. He’s always like, ‘We come in peace!'”

“You’re like, ‘Bro, that’s the slogan for aliens,'” he continues. “‘That’s what aliens say before they take over the fucking planet,...

With a premiere-heavy March ahead at HBO, there will be plenty to stream this month on Max!

The first Sunday of March brings the premiere of HBO’s new six-episode limited series “The Regime,” starring HBO alum Kate Winslet. Throughout the rest of the month, don’t rest on the streamer’s long list of library additions, like the recent musical origin story “Wonka” or A24’s sleeper hit (so to speak) “Dream Scenario”; and be sure some of the HBO’s biggest premieres, including “The Girls on the Bus” starring Melissa Benoist and Ramy Youssef’s “More Feelings” make it onto your calendar.

Plus, there’s no March without March Madness! For the first time, Max will stream all of the 2024 [NCAA] Division Men’s Basketball Championship live games and studio coverage airing on TBS, TNT, and truTV, including the NCAA Men’s Final Four National Semifinals and Men’s National Championship.

Multihypenate Ramy Youssef will return to HBO for a new stand-up comedy special titled Ramy Youssef: More Feelings. Youssef will tape the special in front of a live audience at White Eagle Hall in Jersey City, New Jersey on February 2 and 3 for a March debut on the cabler.

Youssef signed for his first special for HBO, Ramy Youssef: Feelings, almost exactly four years ago. Since then, he’s fronted Hulu’s Peabody Award-winning comedy series, Ramy, which he created, produces, directs and stars in. Youssef received a Golden Globe in 2020 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for his work in it.

The multihypenate made his feature debut last year in Yorgos Lanthimos’ critically-acclaimed Poor Things opposite Emma Stone, which has been nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Motion Picture.

The special will be produced by Youssef’s Cairo Cowboy outfit and A24; written,...

Ramy Youssef will return to HBO with the new comedy special “Ramy Youssef: More Feelings,” debuting on the network in March before it streams on Max.

Youssef is set to tape the special on Feb. 2 and Feb. 3 at White Eagle Hall in Jersey City, New Jersey, not far from his hometown of Rutherford, NJ. Christopher Storer, whom Youssef collaborated with on the FX/Hulu series “The Bear,” directs and executive produces the special. An exact premiere date will be announced in the coming weeks.

Youssef’s first HBO comedy special, “Ramy Youssef: Feelings,” earned him a Critics’ Choice Award nomination and a Writers Guild Award in 2020. Like the first special, “More Feelings” is produced by A24. Youssef’s own production outfit Cairo Cowboy is also behind “More Feelings,” making Youssef writer, performer and executive producer. Tyson Binder also executive produces.

Youssef is known for creating, producing, directing and starring in...