No show has had such an impact on its fans like This Is Us and recently some of them got to share on camera how much the show has means to them. What they didn’t know is cast members, Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K Brown and Chrissy Metz, were there to thank them for sharing their stories about their stories. Their reaction will make you cry just like the drama does every week.
BTW in case you didn’t hear, the NBC program moves to Thursday nights this Fall.
Pitch was one of the most anticipated shows this season, but Fox gave it a crappy timeslot after the failing Rosewood and against Thursday Night Football. Obviously, it had a problem finding an audience but not a loyal fan base. Sadly, us fans got some bad news from the show’s creator Dan Fogelman yesterday who Tweeted, “I was informed today that #Pitch won’t be getting a 2nd season on Fox. Obviously we’re all crushed – thank you to our amazing fans. And thank you to our incredible cast & crew. Loved every minute. No way around it: we took a bad hop grounder to the face today.” Then he added, “All that said: this team put something original and high quality on TV and should be very proud of it – I certainly am of them #Pitch”
Kylie Bunbury, who played the first professional female baseball player, also took to social media to talk about the cancellation. She said, “My heart is heavy. 💔 Pitch will not be returning. I don’t have some eloquently thought out caption, because I’m still processing it all. Ginny Baker has profoundly changed my life and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to play a role that resonated with so many people.
“I wasn’t ready to let go of Ginny, but more than anything I wasn’t ready to let go of my Pitch family- the cast, crew, creators and writers, thank you for the magic.
MOST IMPORTANTLY!!!- Thank you to all of the fans who took the journey with us! Your support and love for the show has always moved us deeply! I love you all. ❤️
Ginny Baker out ✌🏽⚾️”
We are grateful for the time we had with the show. Hopefully, one of the streaming sites will consider picking it up. I think it can find an audience, it just needs someone to believe in it like the Major League believed in Ginny Baker.
Sterling K Brown is starring in The Predator, and he is making me feel like one looking at him in this shirtless Selfie. Seriously, who knew the 40-year old, yes 4-0, had all that under clothes? Hopefully, they will show more of it when This Is Us returns in the Fall. Not that they need the ratings boost, but it wouldn’t hurt!
BTW seeing him like this makes me wonder why none of the Army Wives ever went after him, I would’ve. And we know that Marcia Clark did too! At least she did in his Emmy winning role.
We know that Milo Ventimiglia had surgery on his arm and that is why it is bandaged up. Turns out he isn’t the only star over at NBC who is injured. Ben Feldman shared a photo of the This Is Us patriarch with his Superstore co-star America Ferrera and she too is wounded. We don’t know why she is on crutches, but you have to wonder it is happening over at NBC and how they are protecting their stars so no one else is on the DL.
Side note, this Thursday at 8p, Ferrera will be reunited with her TV dad Tony Plana on Superstore. Not only will we see the Ugly Betty father and daughter together again, America is making her directorial debut with the episode.
Did you see This Is Us’ outstanding standalone episode yesterday as Randall and William took a road trip to Memphis? The drama made you cry and cry some more and even more than that. If you didn’t cry enough, then watching Sterling K Brown’s reaction after the East Coast airing will make you shed even more tears. That because even he couldn’t control the waterworks as he talked about his co-star and the opportunity to work on something as brilliant as this beloved NBC drama.
I need to run out to Sam’s because I am out tissues after all of this. Now we know why California is no longer in a drought. It is not because of all of the rain we have been getting, but it’s because of all the people watching This Is Us and crying.
