GLOW (TV series)

GLOW (TV series)

GLOW is an American comedy-drama television series created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch for Netflix. The series revolves around a fictionalization of the 1980s syndicated women’s professional wrestling circuit Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. The final season of GLOW will be released in mid-2018, with the final episode being the season finale of the second season.

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Summary GLOW (TV series)GLOW is an American comedy-drama television series created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch for Netflix. The series revolves around a fictionalization of the characters and gimmicks of the 1980s syndicated women’s professional wrestling circuit Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. The show’s cast features several real-life professional wrestlers, most prominently Kia Stevens who has wrestled as Awesome Kong for TNA and AEW while wrestling as Kharma for WWE. On September 20, 2019, the series was renewed for a fourth and final season. However, in October 2020, that decision was reversed by Netflix, and the final season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing a production shutdown. In March 2020, production was shut down in Los Angeles, which had nearly stopped all TV and film productions for nearly a year. For the Spain market, Netflix España released a series of promo videos featuring singers Marta Sánchez and Marta Larraz. The first video features a wrestler scene from the first episode. The second video features singers Gretchen Cadillac and Rita Funko auditioning for GLOW.

In September 2019, Netflix renewed the show for a third season, which was released on August 9, 2019. On February 19, 2020, Alison Brie posted a photo from the set on Instagram, signaling that they were beginning production on the final episodes of the series. The final season of GLOW will be released in mid-2018, with the final episode being the season finale of the second season on June 29, 2018. It will be followed by a second season of 10 episodes, which is expected to be released on July 25, 2018, and then a third and fourth season, both of which are scheduled for release in August and September 2019. It has been filmed in several locations in LA; mainly in the San Fernando Valley. Other notable locations include the Mayan Theater and the Hollywood Palladium. Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, and Gorgeous George appear in archived video footage in episodes 1 and 4. Ursula Hayden, the owner of the GLOW company, served as a consultant on the series and helped Flahives and Mensch with creating the show.