A New Pro-Wrestling Drama

Apparently FOX has recently purchased a new pro-wrestling drama titled The Work. The Work takes place in the world of pro-wrestling and was written by Scott O'Connor, who wrote the novels Half World and Untouchable. The script was shopped to various cable networks, but FOX picked up the show.

O'Connor has been a pro-wrestling fan for a long time and actually wrote a piece on Brock Lesnar for New York Times Magazine this past August. I think that this type of thing will be a breath of fresh air for pro-wrestling, because nothing like this been on TV before so it's something new in an age old sport. If this series can "get over" remains to be seen as their probably is a reason why a show like this has never made it on TV before.