Fox demanded that a Mindy Project character be more of a "man"
When The Mindy Project left Fox for the more freewheeling shores of Hulu, it didn’t just get the freedom to put more sex and violence into the show, it was also freed from the demands of Fox executives who wanted certain, specific things from the show. As reported by Entertainment Weekly, creator/star Mindy Kaling revealed during a PaleyFest Fall TV event on Friday that Ed Weeks’ character Jeremy has gone through a conscious transformation since moving off of network TV. In the show’s original incarnation, he was sort of like Barney Stinson with an accent—a womanizing jerk who is generally still likable despite that. Since the Hulu transition, he’s become more awkward and goofy.