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89% Rotten Tomatoes Created by Dan Fogelman Country of origin United States First episode date 20 September 2016 Genres Comedy-drama, Drama | 8.9/10 IMDb 8.6/10 TV Composer(s) Siddhartha Khosla Original language(s) English Network NBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Milo Ventimiglia
Mandy Moore
Sterling K. Brown
Chrissy Metz
Justin Hartley
Susan Kelechi Watson
Chris Sullivan
Ron Cephas Jones Opening theme "Start Again" by Conrad Sewell Cast Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Sterling K Brown Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This is us official trailer nbc fall shows 2016
This Is Us is an American television series created by Dan Fogelman that premiered on NBC on September 20, 2016. The ensemble cast stars Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan, and Ron Cephas Jones. It is about the family lives and connections of several people who all share the same birthday and the ways in which they are similar and different.
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- This is us official trailer nbc fall shows 2016
- Plot
- Main
- Recurring
- Guest
- Critical response
- Broadcast
- References
The series has received positive reviews since its premiere, receiving nominations for Best Television Series – Drama at the 74th Golden Globe Awards and Best Drama Series at the 7th Critics' Choice Awards, as well as being chosen as a Top Television Program by the American Film Institute. The cast has received accolades, with Mandy Moore and Chrissy Metz receiving Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress, and Sterling K. Brown receiving a SAG nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series.
On September 27, 2016, NBC picked up the series for a full season of 18 episodes. In January 2017, NBC renewed the series through its third season, for a total of 36 additional episodes, 18 per season.
Plot
The series follows siblings Kate, Kevin and Randall as their lives intertwine. Kate and Kevin were originally part of a triplet pregnancy, conceived in the bathroom of Froggy's, a bar, during Super Bowl XIV. Their due date was October 12, 1980, but they were born six weeks early on August 31. Their biological brother was stillborn. Their parents, Jack and Rebecca, intent on bringing home three babies, decide to adopt another newborn: Randall, a black child born the same day and brought to the same hospital after his biological father abandoned him at a fire station.
Episodes weave through the stories of the past and present of the characters, with most scenes taking place in 1980, 1989–1990, and the present day (2016–2017). Flashback scenes take place in Pittsburgh, while current scenes are typically split between Los Angeles, New Jersey, and New York City.
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Recurring
Guest
Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 89% approval rating with an average rating of 7.7/10 based on 56 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Featuring full-tilt heartstring-tugging family drama, This Is Us will provide a suitable surrogate for those who have felt a void in their lives since Parenthood went off the air." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 76 out of 100 based on 34 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Broadcast
This Is Us premiered on September 20, 2016, in the U.S. on NBC. The series premiered on CTV in Canada on September 21, 2016, on TVNZ 2 in New Zealand on September 27, 2016, and in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 on December 6, 2016. The series premiered in Australia on Channel Ten on February 8, 2017.