'This Is Us' Boss on Why He's Not Interested in Spinoffs: 'Pretty Set on This Being It'

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. With every successful TV show, talk of spinoffs, offshoots and movies permeate the conversation when it comes to possibly prolonging the life of a franchise.

But creator Dan Fogelman, who has expressed over the years that he's had a firm six-year plan for the Pearson clan, remained steadfast on his stance that Tuesday's series finale — which marked the end of an era as they celebrated their late matriarch, Rebecca, and looked ahead to their promising futures -- was likely the end.

Even though there were a few story threads to further explore if there was interest.«I'm pretty set on this being it. Outside of understandable questions about Audio the Dog, for the most part, we really answered the questions of the show,» Fogelman told ET on a conference call with reporters Tuesday. «My well is pretty dry right now and I think we wanted to end the show when we thought we were at our creative strong point before it got too tiring, too hard for us to come up with ways to keep it special and interesting.

I feel this is the right endpoint,» he acknowledged later. «Who knows what change of heart or midlife crisis brings but I feel like we've put these stories to bed now.