The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling are here, and they sure know how to put on a show. GLOW is anchored by Brie as Ruth, a struggling actress frustrated by the limited parts Hollywood offers women. She ...

You don't need to be a fan of pro wrestling to love "GLOW," the terrific new Netflix series starring Alison Brie ("Community," "Mad Men.") In fact, even if you hate pro wrestling, and are absolutely ...

Brie is especially impressive. Initially, she seems miscast: Would so slight a woman as Ruth possibly make it past a wrestling try-out? Then, too, we’re not quite sure whether Ruth is a good actress ...

Season 1 of Netflix's new original series GLOW premiered today. It's a comedy-drama starring Alison Brie, Marc Maron, and Betty Gilpin in the not-so-glamorous world of women's professional wrestling.

Netflix’s GLOW has been out for two weeks, which means, despite a very positive reaction, it’s already kind of fallen off the pop culture map. (Reminder: the binge watch model is bad for viewers and ...

1. Yes, G.L.O.W. was a real thing in the 1980s. During the height of the 1980s wrestling boom, American businessman (and wrestling fan) David B. McLane came up with the idea of an all-women wrestling ...

Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch’s new half-hour series, GLOW (short for the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling) feels like a spiritual combination of two other Netflix shows: Orange Is the New Black and ...

In 1986, a locker room full of colorful, badass women took over the Riviera on the Las Vegas strip and became the stars of GLOW, the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. Now, their behind-the-scenes story ...

“GLOW” is a breezy but slight look back at the mid-1980s and the made-for-TV oddity that was “Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.” Alison Brie’s central performance practically lifts the whole thing on her ...

If you’ve been living under a rock and somehow haven’t heard our synth-backed squeals of glee, June 23rd will be the debut of Netflix and the creative team behind Orange is the New Black‘s ...

Netflix's GLOW is fictional, yes, but it's based on both a real television program — GLOW: The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling — and inspired by real characters. Season 2, which returns to Netflix on ...

In the lovely, lively new Netflix comedy “GLOW,” which premieres Friday morning a minute after midnight, Alison Brie plays Ruth, a never-hired actress in 1985 Hollywood who stumbles into the world of ...