B.J. Novak, Bill Hader Returning to 'Mindy Project'

Photo of B.J. Novak & Mindy Kaling by Mark Sullivan

B.J. Novak and Bill Hader are making their way back to The Mindy Project for the show's upcoming fifth season.

Creator-star Mindy Kaling and executive producer Matt Warburton shared the news Friday afternoon during Hulu's presentation at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.

Hader will reprise his season one role as Mindy's ex-boyfriend, while Novak will reunite with his buddy and fellow Office alum when he returns as Latin professor Jamie.

Nasim Pedrad, a Saturday Night Live vet like Hader, will also be guest starring this season when she plays a "pediatrician to the stars," according to Kaling, who confessed she's been "dying to write for [Pedrad] forever ... She fits so perfectly in our world."

The news comes as Bryan Greenberg and Rebecca Rittenhouse were previously announced to have joined the cast in recurring roles, as a pediatric nurse who helps treat Mindy's son and young doctor who proves to be Mindy's new nemesis, respectively.

The Mindy Project is set to begin its fifth season Tuesday, Oct. 4, on Hulu.