Alison Brie Wrestling Comedy Series ‘GLOW’ Sets Netflix Premiere Date (Video)

“Orange Is the New Black” creator Jenji Kohan will executive produce

Netflix announced the premiere date for the new Alison Brie wrestling comedy series “GLOW” on Wednesday.

The series, which will launch on June 23, Brie plays Ruth, a struggling actress who becomes a TV wrestler in a last-ditch effort to keep her star burning. Marc Maron will also star as Sam Sylvia, a has-been director who now finds himself in charge of an all-female wrestling league.

The show was co-created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch will act as showrunners. “Orange Is the New Black” creator Jenji Kohan and Tara Herrmann will executive produce.

This is one of the wrestling projects currently in the works on television. Previously, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson announced he will produce a comedy series for Fox about a wrestling writer who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a top star.

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