Press release - Original Series
April 2, 2026
HULU'S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED COMEDY SERIES ‘DELI BOYS’ RETURNS FOR A SECOND SEASON ON MAY 28
Andrew Rannells and Kumail Nanjiani Join the Second Season as Recurring Guest Stars
Alongside New Guest Stars Lilly Singh and Robin Thede, and
Returning Guest Star Tan France
- Today, Onyx Collective announced that the second season of Hulu’s acclaimed comedy series “Deli Boys,” produced by 20th Television, will premiere May 28 on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the U.S. and on Disney+ internationally.
- Andrew Rannells and Kumail Nanjiani join as recurring guest stars for the second season, alongside series regulars Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh, Poorna Jagannathan and Fred Armisen.
- New guest cast includes Lilly Singh and Robin Thede.
- Tan France set to return as fan-favorite British crime mobster Zubair.
- Andrew Rannells recurs as Andrew Chadwater, a district attorney with political aspirations of becoming mayor.
- Kumail Nanjiani recurs as Danyal, a defense attorney hired by Max Sugar (Fred Armisen).
- Lilly Singh guest stars as Aisha, Maalik Ali’s (Shahjehan Khan) wife who is obsessed with Raj (Saagar Shaikh).
- Robin Thede guest stars as Dr. Iverson, a couples therapist with questionable ethics.
- Tan France returns in his guest role as Zubair, the stylish and intimidating British Pakistani figure from South London with ties to the criminal underworld.
- Turns out inheriting a criminal empire was the easy part… and more money really does mean more problems. This season on “Deli Boys,” the Dars are drowning in dirty cash and Philly’s sketchiest crooks are circling. Enter Max Sugar: casino king, money launderer, and Lucky’s new crush who turns laundering into a chaotic situationship. Raj plots revenge on Ahmad, Mir tries to expand DarCo without blowing it up, and Philly D.A. Andrew Chadwater hopes one big bust will make him mayor.
- The half-hour series was created by Abdullah Saeed and developed by Jenni Konner and Nora Silver under Jenni Konner Productions. Michelle Nader serves as showrunner and is an executive producer alongside Saeed, Konner and Silver. The series hails from Onyx Collective and is produced by 20th Television.
- “Deli Boys” is part of Hulu’s expansive comedy offering including the Emmy Award-winning “Only Murders in the Building,” “Abbott Elementary,” “Scrubs,” “Chad Powers” starring Glen Powell, and the highly anticipated “Not Suitable for Work” from Mindy Kaling, as well as the revival of the hit comedy series “Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair.”
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About Onyx Collective
Onyx Collective is a premium content brand under Disney Entertainment Television, with programming exclusively available to stream on Hulu. Onyx Collective curates globally entertaining stories by creators of color and underrepresented voices, all with a culturally specific point of view, including Oscar®-winning documentary film “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),” Emmy® Award-nominated and Peabody Award-winning documentary “Aftershock,” Emmy Award-winning docuseries “The 1619 Project,” Emmy Award-nominated documentary “SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” and hit series “Deli Boys,” “Queenie” and “Reasonable Doubt.” Onyx Collective’s slate of creative collaborators have included visionary storytellers Ryan Coogler, Destin Daniel Cretton, Prentice Penny, Kerry Washington, Manolo Caro and Natasha Rothwell.
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Media Contacts
Jerenny Medrano (Onyx Collective)
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Philip Galicia (Onyx Collective)
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