Isla is ambitious and finally has the chance to prove to her skeptical brothers, the board and the sports community that she was the right choice for this job, especially in the unpredictable, male-dominated world of sports.
Brenda Song (pictured left), Scott MacArthur (pictured center) and Drew Tarver (pictured right) have been added to the as-yet-untitled series.
Song plays Ali Lee, chief of staff of the Waves, who knows where to find the bodies in the closet. She understands the complex politics surrounding the Gordon family because she has known Isla since they shared a dorm room in college. She's funny, tough and even the biggest guy on the team is afraid of her.
Tarver and MacArthur play Gordon's two brothers. MacArthur is Ness Gordon, the emotionally sensitive General Manager of the Los Angeles Waves, who has an infectious enthusiasm for both good and bad ideas. Ness himself is a former player who suffered a burnout after one season in the pros. Now he longs for greatness in the front office to make up for his unremarkable on-field career and impress his siblings.
Tarver plays Sandy Gordon, who thinks he's the smartest in the room and is often right. Sandy is hopelessly athletic and bad at sports and has felt alienated from his family all his life. He's now working hard to prove he can make the franchise great again - or at least profitable.
The ten-part series is written and produced by Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz and David Stassen, who serves as showrunner. Hudson, Howard Klein, Jeanie Buss and Linda Rambis of 3 Arts also direct the series, which is produced by Kaling International in association with Warner Bros. Television.
Song had regular roles on the CBS medical drama series Pure Genius, Hulu's Dollface, the Fox comedy Dads (2013) and had recurring roles on ABC's Station 19, ABC's Scandal and the Fox comedy New Girl. She also recently appeared as a voice actress as Princess Akemi in Netflix's adult action animated series Blue Eye Samurai.
MacArthur was a regular cast member on the Fox comedy series The Mick and has a regular role on Peacock's comedy Killing It. He had a recurring role on HBO's The Righteous Gemstones and guest-starred on series as diverse as Netflix/Fox's Lucifer, NBC's Superstore, Hulu's The Mindy Project, ABC's Body of Proof and AMC's Mad Men.
Tarver played one of the lead roles in the HBO/Comedy Central comedy The Other Two for three seasons. He has also had roles in Hulu's History of the World, Part II, CBS' Ghosts and Fox's Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
