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Mindy Kaling - 'Running Point' & 'Not Suitable for Work' [LIVE]

Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Tv & Film, Film Interviews

4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In front of an audience at the Newport Beach TV Fest, the trailblazing writer/director/producer/actress reflects on her time on 'The Office' and how it shaped the series she subsequently created, including 'The Mindy Project,' 'Never Have I Ever' and 'The Sex Lives of College Girls'; the sense of responsibility and pressure that comes with being an American-Indian creator and making shows with American-Indian protagonists; and why she has enjoyed working strictly behind-the-camera on her most recent series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Universal International Studios, presenting the critically acclaimed series All Her Fault for your Emmy consideration.

0:08.4

Sarah Snook stars in the Peacock Original Limited Series where a seemingly perfect family's world is shattered when their young son goes missing.

0:16.0

NPR calls the series a gripping thriller with exceptional performances, and Collider praises Dakota

0:21.7

Fanning and Sarah Snook calling them incredibly charismatic on screen together and both delivering

0:27.7

powerful performances. All her fault is streaming now, only on Peacock. Good evening, everyone.

0:43.1

I'm Scott Feinberg, executive editor at The Hollywood Reporter

0:45.3

and the host of its award-shattered podcast,

0:48.2

for which tonight's conversation is being recorded.

0:51.1

I'm so happy to be back here at the Newport Beach TV Festival

0:54.0

this year

0:55.3

to speak with the recipient of its Artists of Distinction Award. She is a writer, director,

1:02.6

producer, and actress who has proven to be one of the most gifted and influential creative

1:06.8

voices of her generation. At just 24, she became a writer for and an actress on NBC's The Office.

1:13.6

She was the only woman in the writer's room at that time and ultimately penned more episodes

1:18.6

than any other writer over the course of her eight seasons with the show, during which she also became

1:24.6

the first woman of color to be nominated in any writing category at the Emmys.

1:30.3

She subsequently created and starred in the Mindy Project, which ran on Fox and then Hulu.

1:35.3

She co-created Netflix's Never Have I Ever, HBO Max is The Sex Lives of College Girls, and Netflix's Running Point.

1:42.3

And most recently, she created Hulu's not suitable for work,

1:46.6

which, by the way, is as of yesterday, I believe, the number one show on Hulu.

1:54.1

Described by Marie Claire as the defining voice of first generation Asian Americans and by

1:59.8

The Guardian as one of the most powerful

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