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The untitled coming of age comedy is inspired by the actress-writer-producer's childhood as a first-generation Indian American teenage girl.

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00:00She thought I was the vibrant splash of color on the gray canvas of our writing staff.

00:05I mean, whoosh!

00:07Just as Mindy Kaling's film Late Night gets ready to head into theaters this summer,

00:11the actress and writer is bringing her childhood to life with a new series at Netflix.

00:15The streaming giant has handed out a straight-to-series order for a half-hour coming-of-age

00:19comedy series based on the actress, writer and producer's childhood.

00:23The Untitled Comedy, which has received an order for 10 episodes, explores the complicated

00:27life of a modern-day, first-generation Indian-American teenage girl.

00:31Kaling created the series and will serve as a writer, executive producer and showrunner,

00:35alongside Lang Fisher, with whom she worked on the Fox-turned-Hulu comedy The Mindy Project.

00:40I would love to get a cup of coffee with you.

00:41Not interested.

00:42Well, I've been acting really crazy since we broke up.

00:45That's candy.

00:46It's unclear if Kaling will have any sort of on-screen role in the Netflix series,

00:49which marks the last sale for Kaling under her Universal Television overall deal.

00:53It was in the works before she decamped from her longtime home at Universal TV,

00:57for a massive six-year, mid-eight-figure pact with Warner Bros. TV.

01:01The Emmy-nominated writer also saw Amazon shell out $13 million for rights to her Emma Thompson-led

01:07Sundance feature, Late Night.

01:09Kaling wrote the movie and stars.

01:10You love me.

01:11No, I didn't say that.

01:13I, no.

01:13I mean, not in those words, but you...

01:15No, I didn't say it in any of those words.

01:17For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:19Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.