NBC bulks up This Is Us

NEWS BRIEF: NBC in the US has ordered five more episodes of its freshman drama This Is Us, recently acquired by Channel 4 in the UK, to bring the full season order to 18.

The show’s produced by Rhode Island Ave Productions and 20th Century Fox Television, with a cast that includes Mandy Moore (A Walk to Remember), Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) and Sterling K Brown (The People Vs OJ Simpson).