He started a career with the television company B.A.G. Films, and followed it by working for Channel 7; he produced a reality sport show titled Speedster, hosted the film review show Premier 7, and wrote-directed Raaz: Forensic Files Se, a television show on forensic science in India. After resigning from Channel 7, Usman worked on an investigative show, Benaqab, and served as the creative consultant of The Tony B Show, a talk show aired on Channel V in 2006. Usman joined Star News (later renamed ABP News) in 2007, in which he specialized in the non-fiction programming part; he directed several documentaries about sports and biographies of political figures and film personalities. In addition to working as film critic and commentator, he hosted ABP News' digital show Cinema Uncut with Yasser Usman. In 2012, Usman won the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for his contribution in film and television journalism. In 2016, the website Filmymonkey, on which he served as the founding editor, was launched.
