The Kumars at No. 42 interview for "Radio Times" in May 2007, Bhaskar confirmed that the show had run its course and there were no plans for any further series. The Kumars also made a guest appearance on the 2003 Comic Relief single "Spirit in the Sky" performed by Gareth Gates. They also starred in the video. It reached number 1 in the charts and sold more than 550,000 copies. "The Kumars at Number 42" was also shown in Asia (including India and Malaysia) on the Star World satellite TV channel and on SABC in South Africa. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation screens it in Australia.
The Kumars at No. 42 Switzerland on Swiss TV station DRS. In India it was also aired on Comedy Central. In August 2002, the American channel NBC entered a deal to buy the format but later dropped out. A new version of the show was planned for Sunday evenings on Fox, restyled as a show in the 2003-04 season featuring a Latino-American family called "The Ortegas" and featuring Cheech Marin. However the program was dropped from Fox's post-baseball playoffs schedule to focus the network's schedule on the success of "The O.C." at the time, and became another one of Fox's series which were scheduled, but