Indian Actors make a scene on US Television

The new season for US television shows begins this week, and finally we can boast of a significant contingent of Indian actors.
Read the original and related post on "India Indeed"

So in light of the new season of televisions here are three lists of interest.

Actors of Indian origin in recurring roles on US TV Shows

Aasif Mandvi, CBS's "Jericho" & Comedy Central’s “Daily Show”

Adhir Kalyan, CW's "Aliens in America" (He is South African of Indian descent)
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon (Cartoon Character), Fox’s “The Simpsons”
Kal Penn, Fox's "24", ABC’s pilot “The Call”
Mindy Kaling, NBC's "The Office"
Naveen Andrews, ABC's "Lost"
Navi Rawat, CBS's "Numb3rs"
Parminder Nagra, NBC's "ER"
Padma Lakshmi, Bravo’s “Top Chef”
Priya David, KTVU San Francisco News Anchor
Ravi Baichwal, ABC7 Chicago’s News Anchor
Ravi Kapoor, NBC's "Crossing Jordan"
Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s Medical Correspondent
Sendhil Ramamurthy, NBC's "Heroes"
Sunkrish Bala, ABC’s “Notes from the Underbelly”

Producers/Directors of US TV shows of Indian origin

Sunil Nayyar, Producer CSI Miami
Naren Shankar, Executive Producer, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Babu Subramaniam, Assistant Director/Director, (ER and other shows)

TV shows with episodes with Indian themes or Ior shot in Indian locales

“Diwali” - The Office
“The Betrayal” - Sienfeld
Leg 8 (Agra, Jhodpur, Deshnoke, Bikaner) The Amazing Race -1
Leg 7 (Panavel, Ernakulam, Alleppey) The Amazing Race- 4
Leg 9 (Kolakata) The Amazing Race – 5
Leg 8 (Lucknow, Jhodpur) The Amazing Race – 7
Leg 5 (Chennai, Mammallapuram) The Amazing Race – 10