Ray Romano takes over role from Robert Townsend in Running Point season two

Emmy winner Ray Romano lands a major recurring role alongside Kate Hudson in the second season of the Netflix comedy series Running Point.Ray Romano will be seen as coach Norm Stinson, a former basketball genius who has withdrawn from society. When he teams up with Isla (Kate Hudson), he not only rediscovers his passion for the game but also for life itself.


Ray Romano

Romano replaces Robert Townsend, who was originally cast for the role. The character of Norm has since been reimagined, and reshoots are currently taking place.

The cast for season two further includes Brenda Song, Drew Tarver, Scott MacArthur, Fabrizio Guido, Chet Hanks, Toby Sandeman, Jay Ellis, Max Greenfield, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Roberto 'Sanz' Sanchez, and Dane DiLiegro, as well as Uche Agada and Justin Theroux, who have been promoted from recurring roles to series regulars.

In Running Point, Isla Gordon (Hudson) suddenly becomes president of the professional basketball team the Los Angeles Waves — one of the most prestigious franchises in the sports world — after her brother has to step down due to a scandal.

As an ambitious but often underestimated woman, Isla must prove to her skeptical brothers, the board, and the rest of the sports world that she was indeed the right choice to lead the family business.

For Romano, this marks a return to Netflix, after he was recently seen in the dark comedy-mystery series No Good Deed, alongside Lisa Kudrow. He is globally known for his starring role in the CBS hit Everybody Loves Raymond, for which he won three Emmy Awards as an actor and producer, and for his voice role as Manny the mammoth in the Ice Age films.

On television, he has also appeared in Men of a Certain Age, Parenthood, Get Shorty, and Made for Love. In the film world, he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the comedy-drama film Somewhere in Queens.