In August 2020, stand-up comedian Hasan Minhaj, who is celebrating his 35th birthday on Wednesday, informed through his social handle that his very popular Netflix show “Patriot Act” would not return for the next season.  ” What a run. @patriotact has come to an end. I got to work with the best writers, producers, researchers, and animators in the game. My 2 babies were born and grew up with the show. TY to  @Netflix and everyone who watched. Now it’s time to return these screens to Best Buy,” he wrote on Twitter on August 18.

With 40 episodes across six seasons, the show has won an Emmy, a Peabody Award, and two Webby Awards. However, Netflix canceled the series after six seasons leading many fans demanding a comeback including filmmaker Kunal Kohli.

As per details shared by Minhaj on his website, the show “explores the modern cultural and political landscape with depth and sincerity.”

Some of the topics that Minhaj covered during the show were Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard, a lawsuit brought by Edward Blum that alleges the university discriminates against Asian Americans in their admission process; the United States’ relationship with Saudi Arabia, following the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi ; immigration policies in the United States, ICE, and the Trump Administration’s policy of separating migrant children from their parents; Censorship in China and many more.

In one of the episodes in 2019, he even took up the Indian Lok Sabha and discussed Pulwama terror attack, the 2G case, demonetisation, the jobs report controversy, the Assam NRC, mob lynchings, Yogi Adityanath and his take on Narendra Modi’s political campaign.

According to an article by BBC, when Time magazine named Minhaj one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019, fellow comedian Trevor Noah praised the “whip-smart commentary, charisma and sincerity” the Muslim presenter used on Patriot Act.

 “After hosting the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and releasing his stand-up special Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King in 2017, the opportunity for a late-night show of his own wasn’t just obvious, it was necessary. We’ve needed Hasan’s voice since Donald Trump came down that golden escalator and turned immigrants and Muslims into his targets,” Noah wrote at the time.

“It’s also a consistent reminder that Hasan is America. And America is Hasan,” added Noah.

As per an article by TIME magazine, Minhaj’s father immigrated from India and the comedian was born and raised in California. His debut show “Homecoming King” was all about his personal experience as part of an immigrant family and the challenges he faced growing up in a predominantly white town. As a correspondent for “The Daily Show”, Minhaj has been the star of politically scathing segments. In a particularly popular piece from 2015, he and Trevor Noah took on then-nominee Donald Trump’s proposed Muslim ban.

Also in 2017, he hosted White House Correspondents Dinner where he was in his hilarious best poking fun at the political climate.