FOX adds “Ben and Kate” and “The Mindy Project,” which will run

FOX adds “Ben and Kate” and “The Mindy Project,” which will run along with “New Girl,” and “Raising Hope,” which will begin its third season Oct. 2.

The show is called “The Mindy Project” for a reason. Mindy Kaling not only stars in the medical comedy, she’s the series creator and executive producer.

After a long run with “The Office,” she wanted to do a series where she could show her feelings.

“I’m someone who loves romance. I always have loved it. Most people who grew up as nerds, as I was surprisingly, have loved romance. On ‘The Office,’ so much of the show is kind of disguising your true feelings and your romantic feelings because it was a documentary, a mock documentary, and so I think in a lot of ways, it’s like a reaction to that, because I just wanted to explore love and romance, but with people who are, like, legitimately busy and have busy lives,” Kaling says.

She made the character a doctor because her mother’s an OB/GYN and Kaling did a lot of research accidentally throughout her life.