Have you watched Mindy Kaling’s “Unlikely Leading Lady” American Express commercial? Go here to watch it. I get choked up watching it. Maybe it’s because I’m an Indian-American girl too, but I think Mindy is a very inspirational person. I hate the hate she’s gotten over the years because she “dared” to see herself as a leading lady, because she “dared” to not be a size-2 white woman, because she “dared” to talk about her art rather than her perceived victimhood. I just admire her and relate to her on a lot of different levels.

I watch The Mindy Project too – it had some growing pains in the first season, but by the second and third seasons, TMP was easily one of the funniest, sweetest and most unapologetically romantic shows on TV. The core relationship – between Mindy and Chris Messina’s characters – was always perfect. They have an incredible amount of chemistry together and their on-screen relationship is beautifully written. TMP has always struggled, ratings-wise, but I always thought Fox fully supported the show. I kept hearing that TMP was “on the bubble” and might not get a fourth season on Fox, but I just thought (naively), “That won’t happen!” It happened. Fox canceled TMP. But Hulu might pick it up?

Fox has decided not to move forward with “The Mindy Project,” after three seasons, Variety has learned. However, Hulu is in talks with Universal Television, the studio behind the Mindy Kaling-starrer, to move the Fox comedy over to the streaming service for multiple seasons. The deal would reportedly include two new seasons, and possibly more.

The shift to Hulu would be a smart move, given the already-standing library of past “Mindy” seasons, including all 67 episodes, plus the series’ very loyal — but not very large — fanbase. The series premiered to an audience of about 4.6 million in September 2012 and dipped to just over 2 million viewers with its season-three premiere this past March.

As series’ fates will be decided by next week when broadcast upfront presentations kick off, most cancelled shows will wrap for good, but “The Mindy Project” recalls another fan-favorite comedy resurrected online: “Community,” which, after being axed by NBC, went to Yahoo Screen for its sixth season.

[From Variety]

If the Hulu deal goes through – and I’m hoping it does – I will watch TMP on Hulu. The Season 3 cliffhanger was a wonderful game-changer and I loved the fact that the Mindy character has been “allowed” to evolve into a much more mature woman.

Spoilers: when Danny told Mindy he didn’t want to marry her – even though she was pregnant with his child – she cried and stood up for herself and what SHE wanted out of the relationship… and then she went back to Danny’s apartment and fell asleep. Meanwhile, Danny flew to India to meet her parents and presumably ask for their blessing to ask for Mindy’s hand in marriage. I want to know what happens next, damn it!

This was Mindy’s reaction to the cancellation – she’s on vacation in Montana:

Hey guys, I’m in Montana, is anything happening in LA? #themindyproject

A video posted by Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) on May 6, 2015 at 8:25pm PDT

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