This Is Us (2016 - present)

This Is Us is an American television comedy-drama 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.

This show is amazing! I love the writing, the story and the characters are just so loveable you can’t help but get sucked in from the pilot. I was a little weary of this show at first because of all the hype (how many network shows are promoted shamelessly regardless of their quality??), but it actually lives up to everything I’ve heard. Primetime tv has been missing a good family drama ever since Parenthood ended and This Is Us is a great replacement. All the stories are interwoven together so you get to see the evolution of the family almost immediately which is GREAT for my inner-binger, but the story is so well written that you don’t get all the info at once so you have to keep coming back for more – so smart!

I think my favorite storyline is ‘the parents’. I love the filter they use to really set the mood, their story is adorable, I just love Mandy Moore, and best of all you get to see all the kids when they were little and how they grew into the people they are today.

I can’t give it 5 stars just yet because there are some slow parts in the early episodes (to set up the plot understandably). I don’t think I’ll be watching re-runs of it though, it loses the magic when you know how everything is going to unfold. But other than that it scores really high in my book!

I just can’t gush enough about this show and it’s only midway through season 1. I’ll definitely be watching this through for as long as it’s on tv. If you haven’t yet you really should check it out!

4 stars