Mindy Kaling is returning to Hulu, with the streamer greenlighting Kaling’s new comedy series “Not Suitable for Work.”
The show was first reported to be in the works at Hulu in April 2024 under the working title “Murray Hill.” It landed at Hulu in a competitive situation with a script-to-series commitment.
Per the official logline, the show “centers around five work-obsessed twenty-somethings striving for professional success and, if they have time, personal happiness in Manhattan’s most glamorous neighborhood, Murray Hill.”
Kaling is the creator of the series and executive produces under her Kaling International banner. Charlie Grandy will serve as showrunner and executive producer, with Howard Klein of 3 Arts Entertainment also executive producing. Warner Bros. Television, where Kaling and Grandy are under overall deals, is the studio.
Kaling and Hulu previously collaborated on the hit comedy series “The Mindy Project,” which aired its final three seasons on Hulu after airing its first three on Fox. Kaling also co-created the Hulu series adaptation of “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” which aired in 2019.
This also marks the latest collaboration between Kaling and Grandy. The two have previously worked together on the shows “The Office,” “The Mindy Project,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Champions,” “Velma,” and “The Sex Lives of College Girls.”
Kaling is perhaps best known for her time on “The Office,” both as a writer and eventually executive producer as well as for playing customer service rep Kelly Kapoor. Kaling also previously created the show “Never Have I Ever” at Netflix, with that streamer also prepping to launch the basketball comedy “Running Point” from Kaling, Elaine Ko, and Ike Barinholtz. Kaling is a six-time Emmy nominee from her time on “The Office.” She also shared in the Tony Award win for “Strange Loop” in the best musical category in 2022 as a producer of that show.
Kaling is repped by 3 Arts Entertainment, CAA and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole. Grandy is repped by UTA and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
From Variety US