'Running Point' cast and character guide: Meet the stars duking it out with Kate Hudson on and off the court
Kate Hudson is no stranger to television, but her starring role on Netflix's basketball comedy Running Point marks the actress' meatiest small-screen role yet. Hudson stars as Isla Gordon, who's anointed as interim president of the fictional Los Angeles Waves, a Lakers-like basketball team with an illustrious reputation, after her brother Cam (Justin Theroux) goes to rehab. It's a family business, and she's always been the runt of the litter, underserved and disrespected. Can she overcome the naysayers and lead the team to victory? That's the question driving the series, which was created by Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, Elaine Ko, and David Stassen. We'll be honest here — we don't love the show. In her Running Point review, Entertainment Weekly's Kristen Baldwin called the series "puzzlingly listless" and "flagrantly unfunny." "What savesRunning Pointfrom total failure is its cast," she writes, shouting out a supporting cast that includes Theroux, Brenda Song, Drew Tarver, Scott MacAr...