This Is Us In The Media

[Enigma X]

I watch all those shows except Handmaid's. I think they were all deserving. So, I am not mad that TIU won. 

[DearEvette]

3 hours ago, ShadowFacts said:

I think Wynona was pitch perfect in her role, the rest of the adults were good and the kids were smashing.  The kids in TIU are very good, Sterling is very, very, good so it's just personal preference, as always.  Network t.v. has been tanking in the critical sphere vs. cable and streaming, so this is pretty surprising. 

I think S1 of Stranger Things was stronger acting wise for the whole ensemble than S2 was.  So I am not surprised it didn't repeat. 

The thing about the SAG awards is the voting body is just actors and any active member with a SAG card can vote.  So it is the award show that is almost purely about actors celebrating other actors.  And hence it might trend more toward the popular than other award categories.

For instance the Golden Globes are voted solely on the the Hollywood Foreign Press.  There is no peer group voting (no actors, directors, cinematographers etc.) and I believe the HFPA as a body numbers less than 100 people total. On the one hand they are probably the body that would be swayed most by buzz and access.  But they can be unpredictable.  Somebody on the HFP likes the CW because they are the only voting body for tv that has awarded Jane The Virgin and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend anything.  And Amazon, they loved Mozart in The Jungle and the Marvelous Mrs. Maizel.

While the Emmy's have very strict membership requirements & voting requirements.  So unlike the SAG awards, not every actor is eligible to vote in the Emmys.

I think for the SAG and amongst other tv actors This Is Us has a lot of goodwill and they aren't going to vote the way critics vote.

On a lighter note, I saw this and thought it was adorable.  And then I realized it was a picture of father and daughter which made me giggle.

 

[ShadowFacts]

Annie and baby Randall are off the charts cute.  Olympic levels of cuteness. 

[chocolatine]

I wonder if Mandy, Chrissy, and Susan, color-coordinated their SAG gowns:

[Kohola3]

51 minutes ago, chocolatine said:

I wonder if Mandy, Chrissy, and Susan, color-coordinated their SAG gowns:

 

My guess would be yes.  A little too random a coincidence.

[LizDC]

They claim no coincidence.

[PepSinger]

Yeah, I’m confused as to why it’s so surprising that they won a SAG for Best Ensemble. They are an outstanding cast and very talented. I’m happy for them.

[Kohola3]

11 minutes ago, PepSinger said:

Yeah, I’m confused as to why it’s so surprising that they won a SAG for Best Ensemble. They are an outstanding cast and very talented. I’m happy for them.

Especially considering there are three age groups representing the Big Three.  I think that's "ensemble" to the max!

[WhosThatGirl]

I’m happy and surprised they won! But I think they all work super hard on this show. 

Also im always sad Mandy Moore never gets much love on this show. I think she’s been killing it this season.

Also cute that all the women wore blue!

[ElectricBoogaloo]

Susan Kelechi Watson discusses This Is Us:

[Lady Calypso]

Huh, so this is sweet. Mackenzie Hancsicsak (Kid Kate) and Logan Shroyer (Teen Kevin) weren't actually invited to the SAGs, so both Chrissy and Justin gave up their plus one tickets so the kids could be there. Apparently, neither one qualified to be invited because they didn't meet the mark for getting to go (both missed the mark for number of minutes for screentime; Logan apparently missed the mark to qualify by a minute or two).

It is rather sweet for the actors to actually do that. I'm surprised Mackenzie didn't meet the mark. I thought she's had more screentime than Parker (Kid Kevin), but I guess not? 

[chocolatine]

That's very sweet of Chrissy and Justin. You'd think that being part of a nominated ensemble would be enough to qualify someone to be invited, but what do I know.

[JudyObscure]

23 hours ago, chocolatine said:

I wonder if Mandy, Chrissy, and Susan, color-coordinated their SAG gowns:

Mandy Moore is a strong looking woman.  I don't think she has worn a "small" since she was eleven.  I'm always surprised when the script calls for  young Kate to talk about her mother as though she were  a frail, skinny waif-like person who wore tiny clothes.

[MyAimIsTrue]

On ‎1‎/‎22‎/‎2018 at 1:30 PM, DearEvette said:

On a lighter note, I saw this and thought it was adorable.  And then I realized it was a picture of father and daughter which made me giggle.

 

I am so totally in love with this photo that I can't stop looking at it!

[methodwriter85]

If this show goes on long enough, I wonder if they'll have the Teens playing the early 20-something versions of the Big 3, and the Kids move up to mid-Teens,  and they have to recast the Kid versions.

[greekmom]

So there is no episode on Tues Jan 30th?

[Lady Calypso]

4 minutes ago, greekmom said:

So there is no episode on Tues Jan 30th?

No, there isn't. They're doing the next episode on Superbowl Sunday (Feb. 4th). And then, two days later, they'll do the next episode. And then I think they're going on break because of the Olympics. 

[Artsda]

This Is Us EP Defends Crock-Pot, Brand Sympathizes With 'Heartbroken' Fans

http://tvline.com/2018/01/24/this-is-us-crock-pot-fire-jack-dies-season-2-episode-13-thatll-be-the-day/

[Guest]

http://ew.com/tv/2018/01/27/this-is-us-crock-pot-stephen-colbert/amp/

Stephen Colbert mocks the crock pot firestorm.  

[Aloeonatable]

I thought this article was very interesting.

 

http://www.nbc-2.com/story/37348125/why-we-see-ourselves-in-this-is-us

[HeyThere83]

I think I saw a commercial that said the episode after the Super Bowl is going to be "historic." 

[Pallas]

3 hours ago, Winston9-DT3 said:

NBC writer

CNN writer. The article was re-published on the NBC affiliate's site. 

[chocolatine]

2 hours ago, Pallas said:

CNN writer

Even worse.

[Wings]

On 1/30/2018 at 11:44 PM, HeyThere83 said:

I think I saw a commercial that said the episode after the Super Bowl is going to be "historic." 

Soul crushing in the words of Milo.   hmmm, sure.

[MsChicklet]

For those of you on Facebook, the show had Milo do a promo for Sunday's show with some clever product placement and a good hashtag.

[Pallas]

44 minutes ago, MsChicklet said:

For those of you on Facebook, the show had Milo do a promo for Sunday's show with some clever product placement and a good hashtag.

Yours is a terrific, just-enough description too, MsChicklet! Huzzah to all involved. 

[Scarlett45]

On 1/23/2018 at 2:39 PM, JudyObscure said:

Mandy Moore is a strong looking woman.  I don't think she has worn a "small" since she was eleven.  I'm always surprised when the script calls for  young Kate to talk about her mother as though she were  a frail, skinny waif-like person who wore tiny clothes.

Mandy Moore looks very thin to me. Not “frail” or “sickly” by any means, she looks healthy and beautiful but she is THIN and willowy, not much curve to her body (bust, hips or buttocks).

 I would think she would always wear a small/xs PERHAPS a medium in certain clothes just because of her height (isn’t she 5’10?).

Edited February 3, 2018 by Scarlett45

[JudyObscure]

Mandy's height and weight listed on various celebrity sites say she's 5'10" and 135 pounds. and that's her publicity weight. I know she isn't curvy, but muscle and bone take up space, too, and to me her arms and wrists look large boned. I would actually guess her at about 145.  Part of it is probably because she's playing next to Milo but she looks like a fairly big boned woman to me.  I know lots of very thin, no-curves women who weigh around 150 -160 and would wear mediums or even large.  Maybe she shops at the sort of high end store where all the clothes have "vanity" sizing, but the last time I wore a "small" I weighed 108.

[biakbiak]

According to Mandy on her IG she is a size 6 which generally is a small. I have seen her a few times in person at that sounds right.

Edited February 3, 2018 by biakbiak

[Kohola3]

And film adds weight. I have seen stars in person and am always shocked at how much thinner they look than on screen.

[Scarlett45]

4 hours ago, JudyObscure said:

Mandy's height and weight listed on various celebrity sites say she's 5'10" and 135 pounds. and that's her publicity weight. I know she isn't curvy, but muscle and bone take up space, too, and to me her arms and wrists look large boned. I would actually guess her at about 145.  Part of it is probably because she's playing next to Milo but she looks like a fairly big boned woman to me.  I know lots of very thin, no-curves women who weigh around 150 -160 and would wear mediums or even large.  Maybe she shops at the sort of high end store where all the clothes have "vanity" sizing, but the last time I wore a "small" I weighed 108.

I think it is relative, because to me a 5’10/145lbs woman most certainly wears a small and would be considered “thin” and far from “big boned”. A “big boned” woman would be a Gwenyth Christie or Ashley Graham type. A woman who weighs 108 is probably an xxs or xs in today’s sizing (a 0 or 00) and quite petite (if she was short) or waif (if she was taller). Again not a value judgment (all of those women are beautiful) but we may be thinking of the terms differently.

 

29 minutes ago, Kohola3 said:

And film adds weight. I have seen stars in person and am always shocked at how much thinner they look than on screen.

Absolutely. It’s not a myth. 

[laurakaye]

8 hours ago, MsChicklet said:

For those of you on Facebook, the show had Milo do a promo for Sunday's show with some clever product placement and a good hashtag.

I've tried to watch this twice but both times I had to stop, due to twitching brought on by severe second-hand embarrassment.

 

On 1/31/2018 at 9:30 AM, Winston9-DT3 said:

Well, the NBC writer in the link above did mention it in context with the death of JFK, 9-11, Vietnam, Columbine, the Challenger and other national griefs.  Heh.

Please tell me that this was written with tongue firmly in cheek??!?  I honestly don't know what's real and what's overblown hyperbole anymore with this show.

[gonzosgirrl]

Superbowl ad preview. Not sure if this counts as a spoiler (for the commercial, not the episode. :)

This Is Us Superbowl Ad 

Disclaimer: Because NBC sucks, I can't actually see this in Canada. I couldn't only read the text of it.

[Crs97]

I know the hype has crossed far into ridiculousness, but I find a lot of it hilarious.  I figure Mandy and Milo and company are doing some of this tongue in cheek because they just have to be.  How can you not laugh at a “crockpot is innocent” hashtag?  I have to believe that after they do some of these ads and take some of these pictures, they start chuckling.

[JudyObscure]

I've watched actors hype their TV shows and movies for years and they usually manage to do it with a little bit of modesty, usually by praising the other actors or the writers.  "Call the Midwife," is a tear jerking show but when you meet the cast they joke about it and credit the babies for all the emotion.  Mandy and Milo with their, "If you aren't sobbing, you aren't watching it right.,"  "I hope everyone will be okay," are just too much.  I try hard to avoid them outside the show, but accidents happen.

I do like the  ad. At least Crockpot can laugh at itself and Milo went along with it. 

[Conotocarious]

I really liked the ad. It was cute and funny.

[Pallas]

Crock-Pot did ask NBC to help dispel the PR nightmare that was Slow Cooker 007. I'd love to know who thought this up and how it came to be produced. And if Crock-Pot received a significant discount for its placement in the Super Bowl line-up, right before the show's pivotal episode.

[Spencer Hastings]

Looks like Crock-Pot knows that all publicity is good publicity and they figured out how to name it work.  I wonder how they managed to get that ad AND borrow Milo for it. 

[Pallas]

Not just Milo, the set as well. I assume NBC made it happen.

[Amethyst]

I just checked my Twitter feed and there were at least five notifications (in a row) about the episode tonight.  I’ll be glad when this is over.

[Crs97]

I wondered if she thought it would be a fake body or someone else (like a crew member or double) in the bed, since the camera would be on her with a blurred reflection of a body in the glass.  For whatever reason, unexpectedly seeing him laid out as if dead set her off.  She did a good job.

[Crs97]

sorry - double post 

Edited February 6, 2018 by Crs97

[biakbiak]

Sterling is the voice of the intro package for the Olympic Opening Ceremonies.

Edited February 10, 2018 by biakbiak

[Lady Calypso]

So, perhaps the Deja episode didn't fare as well as they hoped. Numbers slipped to the second lowest of the season: 8.8 million viewers and 2.2 in the demo. Still better numbers than most shows out there, but it doesn't look like the Deja-promoted episode succeeded in the way that they hoped it would. 

[chocolatine]

3 hours ago, Lady Calypso said:

So, perhaps the Deja episode didn't fare as well as they hoped. Numbers slipped to the second lowest of the season: 8.8 million viewers and 2.2 in the demo. Still better numbers than most shows out there, but it doesn't look like the Deja-promoted episode succeeded in the way that they hoped it would. 

That's just the live viewers, right? I think a lot of people - myself included - watched the Bachelor finale live and recorded TIU.

[Lady Calypso]

Numbers for the finale raised significantly from Deja's episode: 10.85 million viewers, and 2.7 in the demo.

[Empress1]

This Is Us timeline.

[ElectricBoogaloo]

This Is Us received two TCA nominations!

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA

PROGRAM OF THE YEAR

[ElectricBoogaloo]

Mandy Moore and Darren Criss: Actors on Actors (Variety)

[ProudMary]

This Is US has been nominated for 5 Primetime Emmy Awards:

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown 

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Ron Cephas Jones 

Outstanding Drama Series

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Milo Ventimiglia 

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Gerald McRaney