--- description: After six seasons, comedian Mindy Kaling is moving on, and will be starting a new show on NBC called 'Champions.' title: Sixth Season Will be the Last for 'The Mindy Project' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt521ef4a066d9b1f4/6988e5ba4ee2629c9830fc5d/gettyimages-847037580.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Television](/tag/television/) ## Television Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mindy Kaling Says the Sixth Season of _The Mindy Project_ Will Be the Last by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 14, 2017 9:05 AM CUT  Actress Mindy Kaling attends "The Mindy Project" final season premiere party at The London West Hollywood on Sept. 12, 2017. Actress Mindy Kaling attends "The Mindy Project" final season premiere party at The London West Hollywood on Sept. 12, 2017.Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 14, 2017 9:05 AM CUT Six years after Mindy Kaling broke ground as an Indian-American actress creating and starring in her own TV show, the funnywoman is moving on from _The Mindy Project_. Season six, which began airing in September, will be the show’s last she says. Kaling broke the news on Twitter late Monday night. > [](https://twitter.com/mindykaling/status/930316657037271040) She quickly followed up the news by humorously challenging fans to see if they could tell how [pregnant](http://time.com/4901376/mindy-kaling-on-pregnancy/ "undefined") she was while shooting the finale. > [](https://twitter.com/mindykaling/status/930324932638130176) Kaling had previously announced in May that NBC would be picking up a new series from her and _Mindy Project_ producer Charlie Grandy called _Champions_. The [show will center around](http://deadline.com/2017/10/champions-fortune-feimster-cast-charlie-grandy-mindy-kaling-sibling-comedy-series-nbc-1202183279/ "undefined") two gym rat brothers whose lives are changed by the sudden arrival of the elder brother’s teenage son, according to Deadline. _The Mindy Project_ began its run at Fox in 2012\. After three seasons Fox cancelled the show, which was not a ratings hit, paving the way for [Hulu to pick it up](http://time.com/3860406/hulu-the-mindy-project/ "undefined"). Kaling, one of the television’s few powerful, body-positive and funny women, has often been called a “pioneer”. “I often forget that … being Indian, an Indian-American woman who is not, sort of, pencil thin — that that is very new to broadcast television,” she once told NPR in [an interview.](https://www.npr.org/2014/10/16/356390794/comedian-mindy-kaling-on-refusing-to-be-an-outsider-and-sexism-on-set "undefined") She added that she likes being seen as a role model, even if it’s “scary as hell”. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5022963/mindy-project-kaling-season-six-last-final/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5022963/mindy-project-kaling-season-six-last-final/"},"headline":"Mindy Kaling Says the Sixth Season of The Mindy Project Will Be the Last","datePublished":"2017-11-14T09:05:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:13:56.985Z","description":"Comedian Mindy Kaling told fans last night over Twitter that she's moving on","url":"https://time.com/5022963/mindy-project-kaling-season-six-last-final/","keywords":["Television","celebrities","Comedians","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt521ef4a066d9b1f4/6988e5ba4ee2629c9830fc5d/gettyimages-847037580.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt521ef4a066d9b1f4/6988e5ba4ee2629c9830fc5d/gettyimages-847037580.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hulu's \"The Mindy Project\" Final Season Premiere Party - Arrivals","caption":"Hulu's \"The Mindy Project\" Final Season Premiere Party - Arrivals","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5022963/mindy-project-kaling-season-six-last-final/","name":"Mindy Kaling Says the Sixth Season of The Mindy Project Will Be the Last"}}]}] ```