Netflix’s glow, a dramedy about female wrestlers, has been canceled after three seasons. The show starring Alison Brie and Betty Gilpin is one of the latest casualties in the coronavirus-related shutdown. Netflix announced that it would not be renewing glow for season 4 in August 2019.
Netflix’s glow, a dramedy about female wrestlers, will not be returning to the ring for a fourth and final season. The streamer has reversed its renewal decision made more than a year ago in August 2019. The series starring Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, and Marc Maron became one of the latest victims in Netflix’s production shutdown due to the Coronavirus last year.
Netflix’s glow, a dramedy about female wrestlers, will not be returning to the ring for a fourth and final season. The streamer has reversed its renewal decision made more than a year ago in August 2019. The series starring Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, and Marc Maron became one of the latest victims in Netflix’s production shutdown due to the Coronavirus last year.
What is “Glow” all about?
GLOW follows Ruth Wilder (Alison Brie), an out-of-work actress living in Los Angeles who finds one last chance at stardom when she auditions for and subsequently becomes part of—a women’s wrestling TV show called Glow. Six months later, Ruth and her team are finally ready for their big debut. The series starred Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, and Marc Maron as regular cast members during its first two seasons before the latter left the main cast after filming Season One scenes that were scripted to be done during the hiatus between Season One and Two.
The series premiered its first season on June 23, 2017, with glow receiving acclaim from critics for its portrayal of strong female characters as well as being one of Netflix’s most expensive scripted shows at $12 million per episode which made glow an instant success within the streaming service while garnering 96% rating among viewers.
In order to keep production going during shutdown due to coronavirus, Brie took on more episodes than her other castmates but still only acted like she was filming scenes designated by glow’s creators ahead of time because they were not allowed to film anything new. The glow season three finale left the series open for a fourth season where we would see Ruth’s daughter Sammie with both Debbie and Liberty on her doorstep, ready to take over as mother figures in her life.
Netflix’s GLOW, Cancelled After Three Seasons
Netflix will not be returning to the ring for the fourth season of its female wrestling dramedy glow. The streamer has reversed its renewal decision, made more than a year ago, in August 2019.
Glow stars Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, and Marc Maron as regular cast members during its first two seasons before the latter left the main cast after filming scenes that were scripted to be done during production shutdown last year because of the Coronavirus outbreak which eventually led to the cancellation by Netflix this week when it was announced glow would no longer produce new episodes due to low viewership numbers on their platform.
In August 2019 Netflix decided not to renew glow for a fourth season despite its rating success causing it to be one of their most viewed shows alongside House of Cards and Stranger Things. A month later, it was announced that glow wouldn’t return at all after being cancelled by Netflix following low viewership numbers in December 2018 while also cancelling other popular programmes such as Designated Survivor and American Vandal which were then added back once they had been renewed giving them another chance.”
