That didn’t stop us from asking the cast members and Fogelman himself to dream up their ideal spin-off.
Could there be a few more strokes to add to the painting?
Keep scrolling for a Nicky-Miguel buddy comedy, a show calledCurb Your Manny, and much more.
Lyric Ross as Deja, Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth, Sterling K. Brown as Randall, Eris Baker as Tess, Faithe Herman as Annie.Ron Batzdorff/NBC
Griffin Dunne (Nicky)
“Mine for sure.
It would go off on wherever his family is.
It would deal with whatever new nuclear family if [Nicky] had one.
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Just have it be quite funny and touching in the tone of this show.”
And also the families that have been impacted by the Pearson family.
They’re on the periphery.
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I wanna know!"
Milo Ventimiglia (Jack)
“William [Jermel Nakia] when he was younger.
I’d love to see what happened to Nicky from postwar until his brother found him.
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There’s always so much to learn about all of them.”
I would totally do a buddy cop comedy withChrissy, and or Chris solving crimes, taking names."
Just call the showMicky.
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He’s the grumpy one; Miguel’s the jovial one.
Miguel does all the driving.
Miguel gets tired and forces him to have some sushi.
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It’s Miguel trying to get Nicky to find the love of his life."
Lyric Ross (Deja)
“Randall’s family.
I would definitely watch that.
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We have so many cool moments with our scenes alone.
All ofThis Is Usis about family.
Chris Sullivan (Toby)
“The Toby and Kate three-camera, 30-minute sitcom.
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Just take them and dump them into the glossy shiny world ofThe Manny.”
Kaitlin Thompson (Madison)
“It would be calledThis Is Madison.
It would just be Madison, her babies, and whoever her love interest is.
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They would just live their L.A. life and live a fabulous life.”
Eris Baker (Tess)
“I want to see a spin-off on just Annie Pearson.
Faithe Herman is amazing and she needs her own show.
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I want to know her opinions on everything.
One thing that I’m really intrigued by is Deja’s relationship with Malik.
What does [Annie] think about Malik?
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I want her to give me all the tea.”
Sterling K. Brown (Randall)
“I’m fascinated with Toby.
And we know at some point in time in the future, they’re not married.
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I think that would be intriguing.”
Mandy Moore (Rebecca)
“I’d love to see more of Randall’s family.
Justin Hartley (Kevin)
“I would doThe Manny.
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I think it would be a smash hit.
They would be different characters.
You know what would be really funny?
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Maybe we do something like a Larry David kind of thing.
That would be kind of funny:Curb Your Manny.”
I always thought that would be a weird, funny spin-off version of the show.”
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It would be from Annie’s point of view.
The spin-off would also talk about how Annie felt about Grandpa William.
We would also see guest appearances from the rest of the Pearson family.”
