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This Is Us‘ patient fans, who this TV season have dealt with numerous multi-week breaks, will be rewarded with a nearly non-stop farewell run.
As revealed with NBC’s full schedule for the 2021-22 TV season, This Is Us‘ sixth and final season is being held for midseason/early 2022, at which point its 18 episodes will unspool largely uninterrupted.
“Obviously because of COVID this year, [This Is Us‘] schedule has been on-and-off,” Susan Rovner, NBC Universal Television’s Chairman of Entertainment, acknowledged to TVLine in a Friday conference call, “and we want to honor the fans by making sure have the best viewing experience possible” for the acclaimed family drama’s farewell run.
“By putting it at midseason, we’ll have the least interruptions possible,” Rovner explained. “I think it’ll be a great event for the fans to enjoy this incredible show.”
Because of COVID-related production delays, This Is Us‘ current season has at most (and only once) aired new episodes three weeks in a row. Following its fourth episode, the show went on a seven-week holiday break, and there have been several three-week (or longer) breaks since. All told, Season 5 was trimmed by by two episodes, to 16.
As for what sort of grand finale run fans can expect, Rovner ventured that in series creator Dan Fogelman’s hands, “I think it’s going to be fantastic.”
It should be commercial free as well.
And who would pay for it? That’s not how network television operates. 💀
I wish we would’ve gotten 20 episodes to make up for the two we lost due to Covid.
They should give us back the two episodes we missed for a total of 20 for the last season.
Good news for the final season. It will make the worth the wait for next year for the new episodes.
THANK YOU!!! It was far too interrupted this season.
I also think Mandy Moore just having a baby has something to do with it so she can spend more time at home with her son.
How will the Winter Olympics fit in.? TIU after the Olympics?
Smart move for This Is Us. The final season should be uninterrupted. It’ll flow much better.
I have loved this show since day 1. I truly hate that it will end after the 6th season but hope there will be some spin offs from it.
This is sad news indeed, This is Us is the very best show on tv. I love the cast & the episodes are always full of heart & thought provoking issues.
Why must we always lose the shows that are most worth watching. 😭
Because the creator of the show only wanted to do six seasons from conception. 🤷♀️
I’m nit gonna lie I haven’t watched since season 1 but this give me a chance to catch-up before the endgame.
finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! worst show ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!