Hit TV drama This Is Us was almost called Happy Birthday, but the cast refused to pose in party hats for an early promo.
Star Justin Hartley signed on when the working title was The Untitled Dan Fogelman Project, and he wonders whether the show would have become the hit it is if it was called Happy Birthday. “It was (briefly) called 36, and then went back to The Untitled Dan Fogelman Project,” he recalls. “Then there was this sort of ridiculous thing that got kicked around to call it Happy Birthday. “We showed up for the photo shoot after the pilot to sell the show and they had birthday hats and birthday cake and confetti and noisemakers.
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