Netflix’s ‘Running Point’ Benches The Dramedy Trend For Pure Comedy

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentNetflix’s ‘Running Point’ Benches The Dramedy Trend For Pure ComedyByDana Feldman,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dana Feldman is a Los Angeles-based reporter who covers entertainment.Follow AuthorApr 23, 2026, 11:38am EDTApr 23, 2026, 11:54am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Kate Hudson, Brenda Song, Drew Tarver, Scott MacArthur, and Fabrizio Guido in 'Running Point' Season 2 on Netflix.Photo by Katrina Marcinowski/Netflix 2025Netflix scores a win with its basketball comedy Running Point. The Kate Hudson-led series stays in a league of its own, delivering a standout second season loaded with razor-sharp one-liners, a best-in-class ensemble, and scene-stealing cameos. Creators and executive producers Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, and David Stassen sat down just ahead of the April 23 premiere to break down what sets their comedy apart.Kaling made one thing clear: they committed early on to classic comedy rather than dramedy trends. “This is not one of those comedy shows that’s basically a drama. This is the opposite.”Kate Hudson in 'Running Point' Season 2 on Netflix.Photo by Katrina Marcinowski/Netflix 2025Stassen, who also serves as showrunner, said season two finds Hudson’s Isla Gordon fighting to hold onto what she earned in season one, which was becoming president of her family’s basketball empire, the Los Angeles Waves. “The show is about being underestimated…being the underdog. It feels like Isla is trying to hold on to what she earned in season one,” said Stassen. “She wants to win. She didn’t win in season one, so it was very incomplete. She says in episode two that she doesn't want to be a one-hit wonder.”MORE FOR YOUThe season opens with the return of Justin Theroux’s Cam Gordon, Isla’s brother, who stepped down as team president in season one to enter...