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The Kumars at No. 42

The Kumars at No. 42 is a UK television talk show. The shows stars a fictional Indian family, including Madhuri and Ashwin Kumar, their thirtysomething son Sanjeev, and Sushila, Sanjeev's grandmother. The family live in Wembley, London, England.

The show's UK debut was on 12 November 2001 on BBC2. It was produced by Hat Trick Productions and Pariah Television. In August of the following year, NBC entered a deal to buy the format, but later dropped out. It was then bought by Fox TV who aired the show in the US under the title The Ortegas with a Latino family, rather than an Asian one. The Australian version, The Greeks on the Roof debuted in 2003.