Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVNBC has given an eight-episode straight-to-series order to Connecting, a coronavirus-era comedy, from Blindspot creator/exec producer Martin Gero, his frequent collaborator Brendan Gall and Universal Television.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersConnecting marks Gero’s first sale under the major overall deal he signed with Uni TV this spring.
He pitched the idea at the start of his deal and quickly sent material that showed enough promise for the network to greenlight it to series.Written and executive produced by Gero and Gall, Connecting is an ensemble comedy about a group of friends trying to stay close (and sane) through video chats as they share the highs and lows of these.
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