Fox Orders Mindy Kaling Comedy, Kevin Bacon Serial Killer Drama to Series
Matt Richenthal at .Fox has made it official: Kelly Kapoor will be exiting Dundler Mifflin.
The network has picked up It's Messy, a new sitcom starring Mindy Kaling as an OB/GYN attempting to navigate her personal and professional lives. It's one of five pilots Fox has ordered to series.
The others:
- The Following, produced by Kevin Williamson and centering on James Purefoy as ed serial killer who uses technology to create a cult of fellow murderers. Kevin Bacon will play a former FBI profiler tasked with bringing him to justice.
- Ben & Kate, a single-camera comedy starring Dakota Johnson as an uptight single mother and Nat Faxon as her a brother that moves in to help raise her daughter.
- From Carter Bays, Craig Thomas and Chris Harris (How I Met Your Mother), The Goodwin Games, a sitcom featuring Becki Newton, Scott Foley and Jake Lacy about sibling who must spend time together in order to inherit a fortune.
- An untitled drama starring Jordan Spiro as a mafia doctor in Chicago.
Fox will release its official 2012-2013 schedule on Monday.
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