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Mindy Kaling: Running Point isn’t “ripped from the headlines” amid Lakers drama / Beef and Running Point each return to middling viewership / Leaving Neverland director slams Michael

PLUS: ABC station owners aren’t in an uproar over Jimmy Kimmel’s feud with the Trump family over “expectant widow” joke.

Norman Weiss
Apr 29, 2026
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Mindy Kaling on real-life Lakers drama: Running Point isn’t “ripped from the headlines”
Netflix’s Running Point is inspired by Jeanie Buss’ life. But between Seasons 1 and the recent Season 2, Buss fa…

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