‘Deli Boys’ Emmy Campaign Season 2: Kumail Nanjiani, Fred Armisen

Hulu is inviting Emmys on a visit to the Deli.

The streamer is submitting the second season of his Pakistani American comedy, “Deli Boys,” throughout 22 classes, with 28 complete deliberate submissions, Variety you could have realized solely.

At the middle of the push is a play for excellent comedy sequence, with the sophomore run set to drop as a binge on Hulu on May 28, 2026, three days earlier than the tip of the eligibility window. The present landed on quite a few best-of lists in its freshman yr with a robust 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Saagar Shaikh, who performs the impulsive youthful brother Raj Dar, will compete for the lead comedy actor class. In addition, the supporting actor subject can be led by Asif Ali as elder brother Mir Dar and Brian George as Ahmad, alongside two of the season’s distinguished additions: Emmy winner and “Saturday Night Live” alumni Fred Armisen joins the second season as on line casino magnate Max Sugar, a cash launderer who turns into the brothers’ auntie Lucky’s chaotic new love curiosity. And Tony nominee and Grammy winner Andrew Rannells comes aboard as Philadelphia District Attorney Andrew Chadwater, who’s angling to show one main bust right into a mayoral run.

Poorna Jagannathan, whose flip because the formidable crime-boss Auntie Lucky has been a fan favourite, would be the lone supporting comedy actress submission.

The marketing campaign may even goal a deep bench of visitor actors for the upcoming sophomore season. Emmy and Oscar nominee Kumail Nanjiani can be on the visitor comedy actor poll alongside “Queer Eye” host Tan France, and former “Glee” star Iqbal Theba. At the identical time, six-time Emmy nominated comic Robin Thede, greatest identified for “A Black Lady Sketch Show” and YouTuber and Canadian comic Lilly Singh will seem for spots within the visitor comedy actress race. The sequence will moreover be Friday for steering and comedy, with the official alternatives nonetheless to be decided. With the artisans, Hulu will current “Deli Boys” in an extra 14 craft classes. Specific episode submissions and craft particulars can be introduced within the coming weeks.

Season 2 picks up with the Dars discovering that inheriting a felony empire was, in reality, the simple half. Drowning in soiled cash and surrounded by Philly’s sketchiest operators, Mir works to broaden the household’s DarCo enterprise with out torching it, Raj plots revenge on Ahmad and Lucky finds her skilled and private lives blurring as Max Sugar turns laundering into what one would possibly generously name a situationship.

Emmy submissions are due on May 7, with the nomination-round voting operating from June 11-22. The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards nominations can be introduced on July 8.

The full checklist of Emmy submissions is beneath.