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Queer As Folk Stars Throw Shade at SATC Reboot as They Rave About Kim Cattrall
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly published on Thursday, the Queer as Folk cast gushed about Kim Cattrall — all...
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Peacock's Queer As Folk Reboot Isn't For Everyone, and That's Progress
The struggle for queer equality is far from over, but it's a true sign of progress that watching Queer as...
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Posted Saturday 2/26/22 at 4:55AM EST
Julio Torres, Bowen Yang, Jaboukie Young-White and other young gay comedians are redefining American humor
There are a lot of young gay comedians these days who can't be pigeonholed or subdivided into groups, including Torres,...
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Posted Saturday 9/04/21 at 1:26AM EDT
Ryan O’Connell joins Peacock's Queer as Folk as a star and writer
The Emmy-nominated Special alum will portray a pop culture nerd with cerebral palsy who is more than ready for some...
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Posted Saturday 5/29/21 at 2:40AM EDT
Ryan O'Connell says he and his Special character "were both born in an ableist hellhole"
O'Connell says there are differences between him and his Netflix character.
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Posted Monday 5/24/21 at 9:41PM EDT
Special's final season is better off since it's "freed of the higher concept that defined the first season"
The second and final season of Ryan O'Connell's Netflix comedy gets to be what it wants to be: "a hangout...
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Posted Saturday 5/22/21 at 4:50AM EDT
Ryan O'Connell on Special final season goal: "I want gay sex and Special to be synonymous"
“I want my show to be known for topping, bottoming, top anxiety, lube ― all those things," O'Connell says of...
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Posted Wednesday 3/10/21 at 2:00PM EST
Netflix's Special to end with a Season 2 consisting of eight 30-minute episodes
Ryan O’Connell’s comedy will expand from 15 minutes to 30 minutes for its final eight-episode season, premiering May 20.
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Posted Wednesday 10/21/20 at 4:35PM EDT
Special's Ryan O'Connell teams with Jim Parsons on HBO Max's Accessible, a disability "traumedy"
O'Connell will write and Parsons will produce Accessible, a "half-hour 'traumedy' that follows Clare, a 15-year-old girl who’s recently been...
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Posted Monday 12/16/19 at 10:05AM EST
Netflix renews Special for Season 2
Ryan O'Connell's Emmy-nominated biographical shortform comedy about a gay man with mild cerebral palsy who decides to rewrite his own...
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Posted Friday 7/19/19 at 11:10PM EDT
Emmys revoke two Better Call Saul web series nominations due to running time
The TV Academy announced that Better Call Saul Employee Training: Madrigal Electromotive Security didn't meet the required runtime of two...
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Posted Friday 4/26/19 at 5:56AM EDT
Special's Ryan O’Connell said he felt the terrifying pressure of representing gay people with disabilities
“When I was making this, I really felt the burden of representation because I was like, ‘Okay, I’m one of...
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Posted Saturday 4/13/19 at 12:56AM EDT
Netflix's Special lives up to its name
Ryan O’Connell based his Netflix series on his life as a gay man with cerebral palsy.
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Posted Monday 3/25/19 at 10:09PM EDT
Watch the trailer for Netflix's Special, about a gay man with mild cerebral palsy
Creator/star Ryan O'Connell's semi-autobiographical and uplifting Netflix series premieres on April 22.
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Posted Tuesday 2/05/19 at 8:25PM EST
Netflix orders cerebral palsy comedy series Special from producer Jim Parsons
Parsons is teaming with Ryan O'Connell on an eight-episode TV series based on O'Connell's part-memoir, part-manifesto I’m Special: And Other...