Hulu may look to TV to find its next original series. The streaming video service is in talks to give The Mindy Project, starring Mindy Kaling (of The Office fame), a few more seasons on its platform.
Fox, which originally ran The Mindy Project, recently announced the network has no further plans to work on the comedy show after its third season. But according to Variety, Hulu is talking with the series’ production studio Universal Television to bring The Mindy Project to its video streaming platform for at least two new seasons, with the potential to develop more.
Hulu has a history of picking up linear television shows abandoned by traditional networks. The subscription video service aired the final episodes of two ABC shows, Manhattan Love Story and Selfie, after the network cancelled both. And Hulu’s not the only streaming video platform to give a home cancelled TV shows; Netflix boasts Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, which NBC didn’t even air on linear television before scrapping the entire project and handing the reins over to Netflix.
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Hulu’s offerings also include several older TV programs. It recently inked a deal with Sony Television to stream all episodes of Seinfeld.
Hulu, Fox, and Universal TV all declined to comment on Variety’s report about the potential The Mindy Project deal.
