This Is Us to "attack" coronavirus "head on," but it won't affect the endgame

Entertainment Weekly

Creator Dan Fogelman answered a fan's question on how the hit NBC drama will deal with the coronavirus, both on-screen and off. Fogelman offered "some vague" answers, tweeting: "Not sure yet on production start" and "Not sure when new eps will air." He added: "Yes on Covid.  We've decided to attack things head on" and that the show still has the "Same planned ending.  Same route to get there." The This Is Us writers have been working remotely via Zoom. Fogelman recently told EW that the show was trying to find a way to incorporate coronavirus while still being a weekly escape from real-world problems. “It's a really huge challenge for us," he told EW. "I keep saying, 'As if juggling this show with 18,000 timelines and characters isn’t hard enough.' It really is a complicated question. It's been complicated for all shows. I can't tell you the amount of debate that has gone into everything from our show existing in a world that corona has not happened, like many shows are going to choose to do, to making the entire first nine episodes all happening during a quarantine period in our off-season. We've been all over the map. I think we have a plan that splits the balance.... But you know, we're fluid writers. We have the ability to adjust as needed.”