The Specials

Television (Half-hour) · Sci-fi · 33 pages
In a world where everyone is special, Rocky isn’t — but when he stumbles upon a scientist whose mission is to save the planet, Rocky could be the key to changing everything.
Written by Nick Rodriguez

1 Writer

Los Angeles, CA
I grew up as the youngest child in a very loud Puerto Rican family from NYC. I spent my life caught in the middle of the diversity of the world’s greatest city and my neighborhood with “Blue Lives Matter” signs on front lawns. I aim to make television more colorful for people who, like me, are LGBT+ and PoC; people who become their own heroes, d...
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With a background working under showrunner Monica Macer and pitching book adaptations for a major publisher, Nick Rodriguez currently works in the writers room for the Disney Jr. series TOTS. Growing up as the only gay child of the only Puerto Rican family in his suburban neighborhood of New York's most forgotten burrough, his writing gravitates to the stories of outsiders who exceed the expectations set for them. This comes across in both his one hour and animated half hour pilot samples. Primed for his first staff writing position.
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