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Running Point
11 archived facts 2 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
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- #001
Running Point was inspired by Jeanie Buss and her rise to becoming President of the Los Angeles Lakers.
- #002
The exterior of the Waves' stadium shown in the series is actually a slightly CG-modified arena at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.
- #003
Isla is called a Nepo Baby. In real life, both Kate Hudson and Chet Hanks are nepo babies: Kate's parents are Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, while Chet's are Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson.
- #004
The Waves portray the fictional Minnesota Frost. In reality, the Minnesota Frost is a Women's Professional Hockey League team.
- #005
Isla considers converting to Judaism, but Kate Hudson was raised Jewish because her mother, Goldie Hawn, is Jewish.
- #006
In Pilotta, there is a picture of Mary J. Blige in the locker of Toby Sandeman's character. Toby Sandeman and Mary J. Blige are both part of the Power (2014) franchise: Mary in Power Book II: Ghost (2020) and Toby in Power Book III: Raising Kanan (2021).
- #007
Ken Marino and Justin Theroux also appeared in "Wanderlust," where Marino's character was likewise a toilet boss, but he ran a company that rented out portable toilets.
- #008
Both Drew Tarver (Sandy) and Brenda Song (Ali) appeared in Superstore (2015).
- #009
There is a 9-year age difference between Brenda Song and Kate Hudson, who play college friends.
- #010
Kevin Bacon's six degrees (3 moves) to Kate Hudson runs through You, Me and Dupree (2006) with Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro in "Sleepers," and Owen Wilson in "Meet the Parents." [EDIT:] It is actually two degrees. Kate Hudson starred with Julia Roberts in Shut In (2016), and Roberts starred with Kevin Bacon in Flatliners (1990).
- #011
Mindy Kaling said one of the production's main concerns was making the basketball players look physically convincing. For this reason, the casting team avoided relying on apple boxes to make the actors look taller and instead sought actors who naturally matched the height and physical appearance of professional basketball players.
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