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As he set out to develop Special, a short-form series that eventually wound up at Netflix, creator/star Ryan O'Connell was faced with a seemingly impossible task, encapsulated within a simple question: How does one sell a show centered on a gay, disabled lead? Based on a memoir by O'Connell, who began his career as a…

Netflix has ordered eight episodes of Special, a comedy series based on Ryan O’Connell’s part-memoir, part-manifesto I’m Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves. Starring, written by and executive produced by O’Connell, it hails from Jim Parson’s That’s Wonderful Productions and Warner Bros’ Digital Networks’ Stage…