McEnroe’s notorious combustible temper on the court is as legendary as his celebrated rivalry with Bjorn Borg, and Devi, like him, is a volatile hothead.

“Now, you may be asking yourself: Why is sports icon John McEnroe narrating this tale? It’ll make sense later, I promise.”Īfter the initial shock and cognitive dissonance wear off, it does make sense, and you start to realize that McEnroe and this show are a perfect match (pun fully intended). “Wow, I look great there,” he deadpans as old match footage plays. And I am legendary tennis player John McEnroe.” Beat. “She’s a 15-year-old Indian-American girl from Sherman Oaks, California, and it’s her first day of sophomore year.

“This is Devi Vishwakumar,” McEnroe blares in the pilot, which he has submitted for the Emmys for Best Narrator. SEE 2020 Emmy nominations ballot: 767 programs vie for your consideration (that is 35 more than last year) The 61-year-old ran into Kaling at a Vanity Fair Oscar party, where she pitched him the show. Deeds” (2002), Andy Samberg‘s tennis mockumentary “7 Days in Hell,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and has made numerous visits to “30 Rock,” on which he headlined Kabletown shows “Gold Case,” “America’s Kidz Got Singing” and “Celebrity Homonym.” Those mostly amount to cameos this is different. McEnroe, who works as a commentator for ESPN and the BBC, is no stranger to pop culture in his post-tennis life.

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