05.06.09 MINDY KALING IS THE NEW TINA FEY
Mindy Kaling, the writer/actress who plays Kelly Kapoor on “The Office,” has inked a two-year, seven-figure deal with NBC and Universal Media Studios to continue her work on “The Office” while also developing her own new comedy for the network. It’s pretty cool news, as Kelly is my favorite character on “The Office,” and it’s nice to see genuinely funny and talented people succeed. But then you see quotes like this…
NBC primetime entertainment prexy Angela Bromstad called Kaling “a rare and unique talent.”
“Her comic sensibility is perfect for what we stand for in NBC comedy,” Bromstad said.
…And you realize that what NBC comedy stands for is recognizing that someone or something is good, and then bleeding them dry while overexposing them. Overexposure is bad, even when the thing getting the exposure is good. That’s what my lawyer told me, anyway. But in my defense, it WAS a health class, and those kids needed to learn about reproduction sooner or later.

