Patriot Act Mei Hasan Minhaj has come to an end on Netflix.
Minhaj made the announcement on Twitter on Tuesday. ‘What a run. @patriotact has come to an end, ”wrote Minhaj. ‘I had to work with the best writers, producers, researchers and animators in the game. My 2 babies were born and raised with the show. TY to @Netflix and everyone who watched. Now it’s time to return these screens to Best Buy 😎
The cancellation was confirmed by Netflix.
In all, Netflix released 39 episodes of the series over six cycles from October 2018 – June 2020. The initial sequence of 32 episodes, which ran through December 2019, was extended by seven additional episodes in 2020. The final episode was postponed to June 26. These episodes will continue to be on Netflix.
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The Peabody-winning comedy show explored the modern cultural and political landscape with Minhaj with his comic voice and storytelling skills to explore the larger trends that are shaping the world.
It was an important series for Netflix as an ongoing talk show to get traction on streaming that has not been very suitable for the genre. The show made international headlines weeks after its premiere in October 2018 when Netflix chose to pull off an episode that was critical of Saudi Arabia. Minhaj later criticized the streamer over his move. Jim Margolis retired as showrunner the following May and was replaced by Steve Bodow.
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Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj won an Emmy for Outstanding Motion Design and also received a Peabody Award in 2019. Hasan also won a Peabody for his Netflix comedy special Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King and hosted the dinner of the 2017 Association of White House Correspondents, which led to its Netflix talk show.
Netflix signed Minhaj for the March 2018 talk show, before leaving his role as Comedy Central’s correspondent The Daily Show. When he took part in the late night walk in 2014, he was former host Jon Stewart’s last hair for the show.
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj was executive produced by co-creators Minhaj and Prashanth Venkataramanujam, who served as showrunner. Michelle Caputo and Shannon Hartman and Haven Entertainment’s Jennie Church-Cooper of Art & Industry also produce.
