Kate Hudson Basketball Sitcom ‘Running Point’ Is an Easy Layup, But Could Work on Its Long Game: TV Review

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Alison Herman TV Critic Peak TV may technically be in the past, but its specter still lingers. How else do you get two flashy, star-studded TV shows about the Los Angeles Lakers in the span of three years?

The first, HBO’s “Winning Time,” dramatized the basketball team’s years of triumph in the 1980s; the latest, Netflix’s “Running Point,” is both more contemporary and more fictional, though it has closer ties to the actual Lakers organization through owner Jeanie Buss and front office fixture Linda Rambis, both executive producers. “Running Point” can and does stand on its own, but it’s useful to drill down on the comparison to “Winning Time” to establish why the newer show may stand a stronger chance at long-term success. (“Winning Time” was abruptly canceled after two seasons, leaving its overarching story obviously unfinished.) Some of that potential comes down to shared strengths: like “Winning Time,” “Running Point” is as packed with famous faces, as any tribute to Hollywood’s home team ought to be.

Rom-com queen Kate Hudson takes on her first series lead role as Isla Gordon, a blatant Buss surrogate whose sudden promotion to president of her billionaire family’s crown jewel kicks the 10-episode season into gear.

The daughter of Goldie Hawn is, in essence, a nepo baby playing a nepo baby (or as one character cracks to the middle-aged Isla, a “nepo crone”).