Pepperdine University sued Netflix and Warner Bros. over a new sitcom that features a fictional Los Angeles basketball franchise whose branding resembles Pepperdine’s NCAA Division I team, the Waves.

Ahead of its Netflix premiere on Feb. 27, Mindy Kaling‘s new sports comedy series Running Point is already making waves. On ...

The private Christian school claims the fictional NBA team in “Running Point” has “too many” similarities in its name, logo and colors to be coincidental and wants no affiliation with the comedy’s ...