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CONNECT·THE·DOTS
A primetime game show format · 1Mosaic Productions
Created by Drew Pokorny · 2026

Connect The Dots

Two rival teams face off to decipher hidden connections
and dominate the board.

The Game

Here's how it works.

Two teams of two race to find hidden connections between seemingly unrelated clues. Get it right, bank dots, and place them on the board. Sandwich your opponent's dots and they flip to your color. The team with the most dots on the board at the end of the game wins $5,000 and goes to the bonus round.

Try It Yourself

Host

"Pick a category from the board, we'll reveal the clues one by one. Buzz in when you've connected the dots! You've chosen 'Flock Together'. Connect these five to the one thing they all have in common!"

Flock Together
Connection · Category
The Categories

14 ways to connect.

Every category on the board is one of fourteen connection types. The category name signals the rule. Tap any card to play a sample round.

Buzz-In
Touchscreen
The Board

Every dot shapes the board.

Dots earned from each category go onto an 11x11 board. Place them adjacent to existing dots. If your placement sandwiches opponent dots in a row or column, those dots flip to your color. A trailing team can make one brilliant placement that cascades eight dots to their side in a single move. Being ahead means having more dots exposed to being flipped. Dominance creates vulnerability.

Team Yellow Team Red
Yellow: 1
Red: 1
The Hidden Plays

Two Hot Dots.
Two Pivots.

Hidden within select categories are special dots that can shift momentum in an instant.

HOT DOT · x2 per game
Hot Dot
Win a HOT DOT category and earn your dots PLUS one permanent dot that can never be flipped. Place it anywhere on the board. It flips opponent dots through a normal sandwich just like any other dot. But it can never be flipped back, and it permanently breaks any sandwich chain that runs through it.
"That's the HOT DOT. Place your permanent dot."
THE PIVOT · x2 per game
The Pivot
A 6th clue reframes the entire connection. Win the PIVOT, then choose one entire row OR column on the board. Every opponent dot in that line flips to your color. HOT DOT is the shield. PIVOT is the sword. Potentially a 4-to-10 dot swing.
"You've found THE PIVOT. Pick your row or column."

Tap a category to play it yourself.

See them hit the board.

The Finale

The Last Connection.

Host

"Congratulations on making it to the bonus round! You've already won $5,000 just for getting here. Now you're playing for $20,000 more in The Last Connection. Pick from one of these three categories."

2:00

12 items. 4 hidden groups of 3. Tap three you think belong together, then hit SET.

Each group banks $5,000. Find all four groups and the team walks away with $20,000 on top of their main-game winnings.

The Cast

Meet the players.

Two rival teams. Each pair seems like the last people who should be partners, but even they have a hidden connection that makes them the perfect duo. Tap a team to reveal theirs.

The Business

Why now?

Connections
NYT · 5M+ daily players
The #1 puzzle ritual in America has no TV version. Pattern recognition is a nightly habit for tens of millions. CTD is the show that habit turns into.
The Floor
Fox · 2024 to present
Proof that format-driven primetime game shows can still break through. Appetite is real; the lane is open.
Only Connect
BBC · Cult hit
The closest format cousin. A UK hit with no US version. Culturally, the gap is obvious.

Pattern recognition is the most culturally ascendant skill of 2026. Wordle. Connections. Strands.
This is the primetime flagship of that wave.

Format

Plays big. Plays small.

Lead Format

60-Min Primetime

  • Teams2 teams of 2
  • Board11x11 grid
  • Categories16 per game
  • Hidden PlaysHOT DOT x2 + PIVOT x2
  • Bonus RoundThe Last Connection
  • Season10 to 13 episodes
  • TargetStreamer / broadcast
Extension

30-Min Daytime

  • Teams2 teams of 2
  • Board9x9 grid
  • Categories8 per game
  • Hidden PlaysHOT DOT x1 + PIVOT x1
  • Bonus RoundThe Last Connection
  • Season20 to 26 episodes
  • TargetGSN / Daytime / Intl
Contact

Ready to connect?

Drew Pokorny · Creator & Executive Producer
1Mosaic Productions, LLC

drew@1mosaicproductions.com