Kate Aurthur editorAwkwafina’s family comedy “Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” will return to Comedy Central for its second season on August 18, with two episodes airing back to back at 10 p.m.Inspired by Awkwafina’s own childhood in Queens, the show completed its first season in March of last year on a ratings upswing.
Awkwafina plays Nora Lin, alongside co-stars BD Wong as Nora’s dad, Lori Tan Chinn as her grandmother and Bowen Yang as her cousin.Awkwafina, who co-created the show with Teresa Hsiao, also starred in “The Farewell” (for which she won a Golden Globe) and “Crazy Rich Asians,” and will be next seen on film in Marvel’s forthcoming “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.”Season 1 of “Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” streams on.
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