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Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers from the series premiere of Hulu’s “Paradise,” which is now streaming on Hulu and Disney+. Fool us once, shame on Dan Fogelman. Fool us twice, shame on us. Following the now-famous twist at the end of the 2016 pilot episode of NBC’s family drama “This Is Us,” it’s hard to remember a time when the world didn’t know the show was not about separate people in different circumstances all living in modern day, but a time-jumping show about one family over the span of decades.

Alison Herman TV Critic The writer and producer Dan Fogelman has a CV that spans genres, from a script credit on Pixar’s 2006 movie “Cars” to creating the musical fantasy series “Galavant.” But Fogelman is best known for “This Is Us,” the NBC hit that spent six seasons applying a twisty structure to a sentimental family drama. This unorthodox formula won a large and loyal audience, but to this critic, it was always a mismatch — hiding pertinent information in the name of cheap surprise. With his latest series, the Hulu thriller “Paradise,” Fogelman pivots to a register where OMG-inducing water cooler moments feel much more at home.

Sterling K. Brown is done crying every week. Two days before Thanksgiving, Brown is sitting at a long table in a photo studio in Culver City, digging into a take-out lunch as he begins to break down the plot of his new Hulu drama series, “Paradise.” Brown chooses his words deliberately while simultaneously ramping up his energy to match his passion for the subject.

This Is Us is the latest long-running TV series to get its own rewatch podcast.

Prior to American Fiction, Sterling K. Brown was best known as Randall Pearson in the long-running, award-winning NBC family drama series This is Us. The part that director Cord Jefferson was offering him couldn’t have been more different: in Jefferson’s adaptation of the satirical novel by Percival Everett, Brown plays Clifford ‘Cliff’ Ellison, a caustic plastic surgeon and brother to the film’s protagonist, Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison (Jeffrey Wright). After divorcing his wife, Cliff comes out as gay, further estranging him from his uptight family. This nuanced role allowed Brown to explore the many facets of Blackness and the challenges of the LGBTQ+ community.

This Is Us about to become the new Suits? We're about to find out, as and hits Netflix on Monday. It's currently streaming on Hulu, but being on the largest streaming service will no doubt attract new viewers who didn't catch the series the first time around on NBC.

Dan Fogelman On October 22, 2015, my casting directors Bernie Telsey and Tiffany Little Canfield sent me a link to a batch of audition tapes from NYC. The auditions were for various roles in a new television pilot that I was beginning to cast, a pilot that would eventually become the series “This Is Us.” This was my entire reply to them: On Oct 22, 2015, at 11:20 PM, Dan Fogelman wrote:holy Ron Cephas Jones. Yes please for me.

This Is Us actor Ron Cephas Jones has died aged 66, three years after receiving a double lung transplant.The veteran stage actor's manager Dan Spilo, said in a statement that the actor died "due to a long-standing pulmonary issue". He said: “Throughout the course of his career, his warmth, beauty, generosity, kindness and heart were felt by anyone who had the good fortune of knowing him." Ron began his career at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, and continued to work on stage throughout his life, including a recent Tony nominated and Drama Desk Award winning performance in ‘Clyde’s’ on Broadway.

This Is Us star and Emmy-winning actor Ron Cephas Jones has died aged 66.The news of Jones’ passing was revealed to Variety by a representative, who said: “Beloved and award-winning actor Ron Cephas Jones has passed away at the age of 66 due to a long-standing pulmonary issue.”The statement added: “Throughout the course of his career, his warmth, beauty, generosity, kindness and heart were felt by anyone who had the good fortune of knowing him.“He began his career at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and his love for the stage was present throughout his entire career, including his recent Tony nominated and Drama Desk Award winning performance for his role in ‘Clyde’s’ on Broadway.“Ron’s inner-beauty and soul was evident to the huge audience from his multi-Emmy award winning performance on ‘This is Us.’ He is survived by his daughter Jasmine Cephas Jones.”Jones’ most famous role came as William Hill, the biological father of Randall Pearson (Sterling K. Brown) on This Is Us, for which he scored four Emmy nominations and two wins for outstanding guest actor in a drama series in 2018 and 2020.He and daughter Jasmine became the first father-daughter duo to win Emmys in the same year in 2020, when she won outstanding performance in a short form comedy or drama series.That same year, Cephas Jones had a double lung transplant due to his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and spent the next two months in a Los Angeles hospital.Paying tribute, his This Is Us co-star Sterling K.

Sterling K. Brown is mourning the loss of his This Is Us co-star Ron Cephas Jones who died at the age of 66.

Michaela Zee Ron Cephas Jones, the Emmy-winning actor known for his role as William Hill on NBC’s “This Is Us,” has died. He was 66. “Beloved and award-winning actor Ron Cephas Jones has passed away at the age of 66 due to a long-standing pulmonary issue,” a representative for Jones confirmed to People on Saturday.

Ron Cephas Jones, the beloved actor known for his Emmy-winning role as William Hill in the NBC hit series This Is Us, has died. He was 66.A rep for the late actor told ET in a statement that Jones «passed away at the age of 66 due to a long-standing pulmonary issue.»«Beloved and award-winning actor Ron Cephas Jones has passed away at the age of 66 due to a long-standing pulmonary issue.

Ron Cephas Jones, the beloved actor known for his Emmy-winning role as William Hill in the NBC hit series This Is Us, has died. He was 66.A rep for the late actor told that Jones «passed away at the age of 66 due to a long-standing pulmonary issue.»«Throughout the course of his career, his warmth, beauty, generosity, kindness and heart were felt by anyone who had the good fortune of knowing him,» the statement to the outlet read.

Ron Cephas Jones, an Emmy-award-winning actor for his role as William Hill on This Is Us, has died. He was 66.

Sterling K. Brown is teaming up with Dan Fogelman once again!

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “This Is Us” alums Sterling K. Brown and Dan Fogelman are reuniting for a drama that has been ordered to series at Hulu, Variety has learned. Hulu is not commenting on exact plot details of the untitled series, but sources describe the show as a thriller and say Brown would star as the head of security for a former president. In addition to writing, Fogelman will executive produce via Rhode Island Ave. Productions along with Jess Rosenthal. Brown will executive produce in addition to starring, with John Hoberg also executive producing. 20th Television is the studio, with Fogelman currently under an overall deal there.

Get ready for Moore … Mandy! The This Is Us alum has teamed up with the showrunners of the NBC hit for a new series, Twin Flames, on Hulu.

Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.” After playing Randall Pearson on NBC’s “This Is Us” for six seasons, Sterling K. Brown was ready to play a completely different character. So, he took on Lee-Curtis Childs, a closeted pastor accused of sexual misconduct who’s relaunching his church, in Adamma Ebo’s satirical comedy “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.” Styled as a mockumentary, the film follows Lee-Curtis and his wife’s struggle to reopen their church and the public backlash from Lee-Curtis’ scandal. Regina Hall co-stars as Trinitie Childs, who’s also mired in the controversy as she’s forced to stand by her husband. After the #MeToo movement, the movie echoes many stories of real-life celebrities held to account for their bad behavior, but it now hits home even more as those figures attempt to re-emerge into public life.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterWhen Sterling K. Brown won lead actor in a drama series for play- ing Randall Pearson on the first season of NBC’s “This Is Us” at the 2017 Emmys, it marked his second win and the show’s first.

The Big Three promised they wouldn't drift apart following the death of their beloved mother Rebecca Pearson on Tuesday during the heart-wrenching and time-traveling series finale of This Is Us on NBC.The season six episode titled 'Us' showed siblings Randall Pearson [Sterling K. Brown], Kate Pearson [Chrissy Metz] and Kevin Pearson [Justin Hartley] mourning the death of their mother Rebecca [Mandy Moore].The finale written by series creator Dan Fogelman, 46, opened with a flashback scene in the Pearson household after Rebecca was shown previously telling her second husband Miguel Rivas [Jon Huertas] that she wasn't ready for dementia to rob her of memories of 'regular' moments like 'a Saturday when the kids were little'.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Us,” they May 24 series finale episode of “This Is Us.”Though the series finale of “This Is Us” gave fans a chance to say goodbye to almost every member of the extended Pearson family in some way or another, Randall Pearson (Sterling K. Brown) played the most pivotal part of any character in the show’s final installment.In the future timeline set on the day of Rebecca’s (Mandy Moore) funeral, Randall was finding out he’s going to have a grandson by his daughter Deja, who plans to name the baby William after Randall’s biological father (played by Ron Cephas Jones), making the decision along with his wife Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson) that he will run for President of the United States, and promising his siblings Kate (Chrissy Metz) and Kevin (Justin Hartley) they will all stay connected.