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Aziz Ansari spills (some of) the beans on his new Netflix comedy series 'Master of None'

STILL NOT OVER not seeing Tom Haverford on TV every week? Well, meet Dev Shah. Aziz Ansari has finally spilled the beans - or a few of them, at least - on "Master of None," his new scripted comedy series for Netflix that debuts Nov. 6.

Aziz Ansari in his new Netflix comedy series, "Master of None."
Aziz Ansari in his new Netflix comedy series, "Master of None."Read moreYouTube

Still not over not seeing Tom Haverford on TV every week? Well, meet Dev Shah.

Aziz Ansari has finally spilled the beans - or a few of them, at least - on "Master of None," his new scripted comedy series for Netflix that debuts Nov. 6.

In a two-minute trailer, the comedian, best known for his stand-up and his turn as a small-town bureaucrat turned baller on NBC's "Parks & Recreation," casts himself as Dev Shah, an actor fumbling his way through relationships, work and this weird thing we call life. (And, as the title of the show suggests, Dev's not exactly great at any of it.)

In a brief ask-me-anything session on Twitter last week, Ansari revealed even more: The comedy won't be based on his life - and it will feature cameos from his real mother and father. He also had some fun explaining how the show differs from both the movie "Slumdog Millionaire" and HBO's "Game of Thrones." Oh, and it also definitely won't be like "Parks."

Ansari also told Entertainment Weekly over the weekend that "Homeland" star Claire Danes and Noah Emmerich, of "The Americans," will turn up in one episode as a couple who aren't getting along with each other.

"I end up having an affair with Claire," Ansari teased. "It gets pretty intense."

Netflix announced in April that it was ordering 10 episodes of a scripted sitcom from Ansari but didn't give much more in the way of details. Ansari wrote, produced and directed "Master of None" with Alan Yang, a former "Parks" writer.

Netflix has been courting comedians of late, with several comics turning up not only in exclusive stand-up specials produced for the service but also in original programming, including the animated "BoJack Horseman" (voiced by Will Arnett) and "Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp," whose credits read like a who's who of indie comedy.

- Daily News wire services