{"id":1412,"date":"2026-10-19T20:03:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T20:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2026-10-19T20:03:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T20:03:28","slug":"mindy-kaling-joins-cast-of-running-point-season-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1412","title":{"rendered":"Mindy Kaling joins cast of &#8216;Running Point&#8217; season 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-10-19\/E_MindyKaling_101926.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Mindy Kaling attends Netflix&#8217;s &#8216;Running Point&#8217; season 2 LA premiere at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood on April 15, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone\/Getty Images for Netflix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mindy Kaling is done sitting courtside.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Running Point<\/em> co-creator and executive producer is stepping in front of the camera for the sports comedy\u2019s third season. Kaling will take on the recurring role of Divya, the outspoken CEO of a popular gambling app, and act alongside Kate Hudson, who plays Isla Gordon in the Netflix series.<\/p>\n<p>Although Divya and Isla are both strong women in male-dominated fields, the high-power executive will be \u201ca thorn in Isla\u2019s plans\u201d throughout the upcoming season, which is currently in production, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/running-point-season-3-news-release-date-cast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>. As Kaling returns to our screens, Hudson is getting behind the camera, making her television directorial debut with episode 1.<\/p>\n<p><em>Running Point<\/em> is inspired by Los Angeles Lakers acting governor Jeanie Buss and follows Hudson\u2019s character as she attempts to take charge of her family\u2019s pro basketball team. Along with Hudson and Kaling, season\u00a03 will feature Brenda Song, Drew Tarver, Scott MacArthur and Fabrizio Guido.<\/p>\n<p>Kaling previously said she\u2019d be honored to join the star-studded cast,\u00a0saying \u201cnothing would make me happier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the happiest set I&#8217;ve ever been on, you can tell from the dynamic of the cast just when you watch them,\u201d the <em>Never Have I Ever<\/em> creator told <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/04\/running-point-mindy-kaling-ike-barinholtz-interview-1236872682\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deadline<\/a> in an interview published in April. \u201cThey love each other so much that you really do feel, especially when you&#8217;re a writer-performer working behind the scenes, you&#8217;re like, I want to get in on that. So I would love that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mindy Kaling attends Netflix&#8217;s &#8216;Running Point&#8217; season 2 LA premiere at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood on April 15, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone\/Getty Images for Netflix) Mindy Kaling is done sitting courtside. The Running Point co-creator and executive producer is stepping in front of the camera for the sports comedy\u2019s third [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}