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Joann Alfano • NBC • Pearlena Igbokwe • NBCUniversal • Universal Television • Universal Content Productions

JoAnn Alfano Expands NBCUni Purview With Current, International Duties JoAnn Alfano is expanding her purview at NBCUniversal. The executive, with the company since 2013, is adding oversight of current programming at Universal Content Studios as well as the International Formats Group to her duties. (The latter unit previously reported to  ousted  NBC alternative boss Meredith Ahr.) Exec vp international development Enrique Guillen will now report to Alfano, who will be charged with leading the International Formats Group's expansion and content pipeline. Guillen's group currently includes setting the sales strategy for NBCU IP adaptations including local-language takes on  Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Superstore, Suits, Songland, Hollywood Game Night  and the  Real Housewives  franchise. Alfano, who has been  running  Universal TV's current department since 2018, will add oversight of current programming for studio counterpart Universal Content Productions...

This Is Us • Chrissy Metz • NBC • American Idol

'This Is Us': Milo Ventimiglia and Chrissy Metz Talk Pearsons' 'Painful' Hurdles in Season 5 (Exclusive) There will be a lot for the Pearsons to contend with in season 5 of  This Is Us .   NBC's family drama kicks off  its new season  on Tuesday with the family, like many across America, trying to navigate the uncertainty and emotional weight of  the coronavirus pandemic  and racial strife as the Big Three prepare to  celebrate their 40th birthdays . Combined with the  aftermath of Kevin and Randall's big fight , Rebecca's rapidly deteriorating mental state, Kevin's impending fatherhood and Kate and Toby's adoption plans,  something has to give . "There's a lot to unpack," Ventimiglia told ET's Nischelle Turner of the two-hour premiere. "A lot has happened since March: racial injustice and COVID and quarantining. [Creator] Dan [Fogelman] and the writers really did the best version of it in the way that ...

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