Mindy Kaling, Kate Hudson team for a Netflix basketball comedy

Mindy Kaling, Indian American actor, writer and producer of ‘Never Have I Ever’ fame is teaming up with Golden Globe Award winner and Academy Award–nominated actor Kate Hudson for a basketball comedy series for Netflix.

The series follows a woman named Isla Gordon (Hudson) who is unexpectedly appointed head of the family business — which happens to be one of the most famous professional basketball franchises in the country.

Also joining her in the comedy are Scott MacArthur and Drew Tarver as Isla’s brothers, and Brenda Song as a high-level team staffer.

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Isla, the only sister in a family of brothers, is ambitious and often overlooked. But when her brother is forced to resign from his position as president of the Los Angeles Waves, she’s appointed in his place.

Now that she’s stepping up into the family business, she’s going to have to prove to her skeptical brothers, the board, and the larger sports community that she was the right choice for the job.

Over the course of the series, she sets out to show that she was the right choice for the job — especially in the unpredictable, male-dominated world of sports.

She is up against Sandy Gordon (Tarver), the chief financial officer of the Waves who thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room — and is often right.

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Hopelessly unathletic and bad at sports, Sandy felt alienated by his family his entire life and now works hard to prove he can return the franchise to greatness, or at least make them profitable.

Next, there’s Ness Gordon (MacArthur), the emotionally sensitive general manager of the Los Angeles Waves who has an infectious enthusiasm for ideas both good and bad.

A former player who burned out after one season in the pros, Ness now yearns for greatness in the front office to make up for his unremarkable career on the court and to impress his siblings.

Song will play Ali Lee, the Waves’ intimidating chief of staff. Born and raised in the South Side of Chicago, Ali knows where the bodies are buried.

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She understands the complex politics surrounding the Gordon family, having known Isla since they shared a dorm room in college. She’s funny, tough, and even the biggest guy on the team is scared of her.

The 10-episode series comes from writers and executive producers Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, and David Stassen.

Stassen will serve as showrunner, while Los Angeles Lakers president and co-owner Jeanie Buss and the team’s manager of special projects Linda Rambis are executive producers, alongside Hudson and Howard Klein. Jordan Rambis is producer.