Overview

• At an Emmy FYC event, Kate Hudson revealed Kaling emailed script notes just an hour after delivering her third child in February 2024.
• Hudson praised Kaling as a “powerhouse” whose trust in her production team drives the show’s momentum.
• Brenda Song said Kaling’s leadership emboldened her to “follow her blindly” through the series’ development.
• Co-created with Ike Barinholtz, Elaine Ko and David Stassen, Running Point is loosely inspired by Lakers executive Jeanie Buss’s rise.
• Netflix renewed the basketball dramedy for Season 2 and writers are already “in the nitty gritty” of breaking scripts.