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Model, actor and campaigner Nyle DiMarco has confirmed he is set to star in his own TV comedy series.
The Hollywood Reporter says DiMarco, 31, who rose to fame on America’s Next Top Model in 2015 and won the 22nd season of Dancing With The Stars in 2016, has teamed up with production company 3AD (run by Lost and Hawaii Five-0 actor Daniel Dae Kim) to produce a scripted comedy show based on his experiences as, “a charismatic, street-smart deaf man in modern times.”
The show is being produced for Spectrum.
Although Spectrum has not commented on the report, DiMarco himself shared stories to his social media from the Hollywood Reporter and Deadline.
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if i told my younger self that i would eventually have my own series about Deaf culture, i wouldn’t believe it.
deaf people leading in a series about deaf culture? not possible!
this is huge for me… thank you all 🤟🏼https://t.co/cqDYTXFOEv
— Nyle DiMarco (@NyleDiMarco) July 14, 2020
In one tweet he said, “If I told my younger self that I would eventually have my own series about deaf culture, I wouldn’t believe it. Deaf people leading in a series about deaf culture? Not possible! This is huge for me… thank you all 🤟🏼”
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DiMarco, who identifies as “sexually fluid”, has previously acted in Hulu’s Difficult People, Switched At Birth, and ABC’s Station 19.
Among those to congratulate DiMarco was the LGBTQ advocacy organization, Human Rights Campaign. It tweeted, “Congratulations on your new show, @NyleDiMarco! We can’t wait for the laughs (and visibility!) you’ll bring to our screens.”
Congratulations on your new show, @NyleDiMarco! We can’t wait for the laughs (and visibility!) you’ll bring to our screens. https://t.co/CL0T51O3Y7
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) July 14, 2020
Although Spectrum has not commented, one of its executives previously told Deadline the channel was keen to make more shows about underrepresented communities.
“We’re looking to slice up our audience, we’re looking for shows that other people aren’t making,” said Katherine Pope, who oversees the original content division, in January. “We’re doing a couple of projects in terms of accessibility needs, we’re doing two shows set in the deaf community. Everybody talks about inclusion and different voices and we’re trying to be more inclusive.”
There’s no word yet on when the show will air.
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EdWoody
I am SO into him.
Kangol2
This sounds refreshing. I hope the show’s writers include deaf people, which help them not to traffic in stereotypes about the deaf. I also hope his character is allowed to be truly “sexually fluid” and not just mainly hetero-presenting with hints about the fluidity thrown in as a sop.
Donston
“Fluidity” is wildly different things to different people. Sometimes your sexual aspects has fluidity but not your romantic and relationship ambition aspects. Sometimes it’s the other way around. And just because you experience fluidity doesn’t mean your behaviors or presences change. “Fluidity” is a different word from “bisexuality” for a reason. However, I’m not interested in a show about a “proudly fluid” dude who only has legit relationships with chicks. But the show will likely focus mainly on the struggles of being deaf than anything else. While beyond that we don’t have any details on its themes or characterization.
Denny98
I would watch the show.
RFD
He is such a great activist and representative for the hearing impaired community and also our community in my opinion. I admire his work immensely and he isn’t hard on the eyes either!
paulmodibe
AS A HEARING IMPAIRED INDIVIDUAL, I APPLAUSE HIS EFFORTS. NICE LOOKING MAN.
Gourmet Guy
Nyle Dimarco is a hero in a community that badly needs heroes–the hearing AND deaf communities.
sillyme
Either way Nyle Dimarco is bringing down a ton of barriers and I’m happy that he is doing so and would so like to find a way to show him I applaud his efforts and his way of doing this as he see’s fit. Great man none the less.
ThinkPlease
I have a personal story–several–about Mr. Kim, actually. 🙂 But that’s quite another tale and not apropos to the site as they have nothing to do with LBGT issues. He was just kind of always a total dick to me…although maybe that means the G might technically still apply? 🙂
As far as the series, no opinion, I don’t watch much TV.