This as-yet-untitled comedy-drama is based on Rose Ayling-Ellis’ experiences of the deaf dating scene. Ayling-Ellis will also star in the show, while supervising a disabled writers’ room.
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Two single and extremely eccentric New Yorkers are subject to constant interference from their equally eccentric friends when they begin dating.
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