'Outsourced' creator defends Indians' portrayal

5:00 AM PDT 9/20/2010 by Stacey Wilson, AP

Ken Kwapis responds to stereotype accusations

Ken Kwapis understands that the outsourcing of U.S. jobs to India isn't particularly funny. But the executive producer of NBC's "Outsourced" is betting that Americans will see the humor of what it's really like inside an overseas call center. The half-hour comedy, which premieres Thursday in NBC's plum post-"The Office" time slot, is the latest for Kwapis, a rare TV and film double threat.