CHAD - Saba Homayoon Interview

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Trying to be popular in High School makes for great comedy in Cable's #1 Scripted Series CHAD from
Creator, Writer, Producer and Star Nasim Pedrad.

CHAD is a new series that centers around a 14-year-old pubescent Persian boy (Nasim Pedrad) who navigates his first year of high school on a mission to become popular. Chad's friendships and sanity are pushed to the limits as he uses every tactic at his disposal to befriend the cool kids, while enduring his mother's new dating life and reconciling with his cultural identity. Pedrad, who first made her mark on “Saturday Night Live,” is also creator, writer, executive producer and showrunner. TBS' Chad premiered on April 6th as Cable's #1 Scripted Series.

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Saba Homayoon plays Chad’s mom Naz, a loving mother of two who is just now venturing out into the dating world after her divorce — a situation that her son is finding difficult to accept.

Saba is a classically trained Persian American actress who has appeared in a number of TV shows including NCIS: LA, Medium, How I Met Your Mother, The Odd Couple, NCIS and Charmed. She has had recurring roles on Mistresses and The Loop. She also produced and starred in the New York Television Festival award-winning pilot Hit Factor, opposite Emmy Award winner James Cromwell. Recently, Saba starred opposite Diedrich Bader in The Phantom Spectre. She received an MFA in Theater from the prestigious American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

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I spoke with Saba about working on CHAD and how she related to her character Naz being a mom of two kids herself.

For more info, visit:
https://www.tbs.com/shows/chad