Mindy Kaling’s hit Netflix coming-of-age comedy-drama “Never Have I Ever” has won the People’s Choice Award for the Best Comedy Show of 2021. The series, which has been renewed for its third season, was pitted against “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Grown-ish,” “Only Murders in the Building,” “Saturday Night Live,” “Ted Lasso,” “The Upshaws,” and “Young Rock.”
The series centers on the complicated life of Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan), a modern-day first-generation Indian American teenage girl. She’s an overachieving high school sophomore with a short fuse that gets her into difficult situations.
The annual fan-voted awards show — which spans 40 categories and honors numerous forms of entertainment across movies, television, music, and pop culture — was aired on Dec. 7 on NBC and E! simultaneously from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. The awards were hosted by Kenan Thompson.
“Never Have I Ever” is created by executive producer Kaling, with Lang Fisher serving as co-creator, executive producer, showrunner and writer. The Universal Television project is also executive produced by 3 Arts Entertainment’s Howard Klein and David Miner.
Season two, which premiered on July 15, saw Devi continuing to deal with the everyday pressures of high school and drama at home, while also navigating new romantic relationships. Poorna Jagannathan, Richa Moorjani, Jaren Lewison, Darren Barnet, Lee Rodriguez and Ramona Young also star.
Also joining the cast was actress Meghan Suri, who played Aneesa, a new Indian student at Sherman Oaks High. Also seen was Utkarsh Ambudkar in a recurring role as Mr. Kulkarni, “the coolest teacher on staff at Sherman Oaks High,” who teaches English and is buddies with Devi.
Speculating season 3, Entertainment Tonight speculates that according to the show’s cast and creators, the third installment of the series will delve deeper into Devi and Paxton’s “blossoming teen romance.” Co-creator Lang Fisher told ET that the next season would discuss “sex and what do you do if you’re a nerd who’s done very little and you’re dating a much more experienced guy.”