HBO Max to Premiere New Comedy Series ‘Sort of’ 

Streamer HBO Max is launching an eight-episode comedy called “Sort Of” this fall. “Sort Of”, which will also launch in Canada this fall on CBC TV and its streaming service follows the journey of Sabi Mehboob (Baig), a gender-fluid millennial who straddles various identities from sexy bartender at an LGBTQ bookstore/bar, to the youngest child in a large Pakistani family, to the de facto parent of a downtown hipster family. Sabi feels like they’re in transition in every aspect of their life, from gender to love to sexuality to family to career. A coming-of-age story, Sort Of seeks to expose the identities and labels that are no longer applicable…to anyone.

The series stars Bilal Baig (Acha Bacha) who, along with Fab Filippo (Save Me) created the show. It is produced by Sienna Films, a Sphere Media company, with the participation of the Canada Media Fund.

Baig and Filippo serve as showrunners and executive producers. The series is written by Baig, Filippo, Jenn Engels, Nelu Handa and Ian Iqbal Rashid, with Filippo and Renuka Jeyapalan (“Kim’s Convenience”, “Workin’ Moms”) directing. Sienna Films’ Jennifer Kawaja and Julia Sereny are also executive producers on the series.