''A Million Little Things'' is an American family drama television series created by DJ Nash for

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. Produced by

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and

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, it features an ensemble cast including

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, Grace Park,

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, Tristan Byon, and

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. The show received a

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commitment at ABC in August 2017; ''A Million Little Things'' was ordered to series in May 2018 and premiered on September 26, 2018. In May 2021, the series was renewed for a fourth season which premiered on September 22, 2021. In May 2022, the series was renewed for a fifth season. In November 2022, it was announced that the fifth season would be the last for the series, with a season premiere scheduled for February 8, 2023.

Premise

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, a tight-knit circle of friends is shocked after a member of the group unexpectedly dies by suicide. The friends realize that they need to finally start living life as they cope with their loss. The title is a reference to the saying "Friendship isn't a big thing – it's a million little things".

Cast and characters

Main

as Eddie Saville, a musician, music teacher and stay-at-home dad who is a recovering alcoholic having marital problems with Katherine. He is the father of Theo and Charlie. *

as Rome Howard, an aspiring filmmaker who yearns to accomplish something more meaningful with his life *

as Maggie Bloom, a therapist and Gary's ex-girlfriend who survived

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as Regina Howard, a chef who wants to open her own restaurant *

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as Gary Mendez, a friend of Eddie, Jon, and Rome, and Maggie's ex-boyfriend who also survived

. His birth name is revealed in season 3 to be Javier Mendez Jr. *

as Delilah Dixon (seasons 1–3; recurring season 4), Jon's widow and mother of Sophie, Danny and Charlie. * Tristan Byon as Theo Saville, Eddie and Katherine's son, and Charlie's older half-brother *

as Sophie Dixon, Jon and Delilah's oldest child, Danny's older sister and Charlie's older half-sister * Chance Hurstfield as Danny Dixon (season 2–present; recurring season 1), Jon and Delilah's son, Sophie's younger brother, and Charlie's older half-brother *

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as Darcy Cooper (season 3; recurring season 2, 4), Gary's new love interest, a single mother to Theo's classmate Liam, and a veteran of military service in Afghanistan experiencing PTSD

Recurring

* Ron Livingston as Jon Dixon (season 1; guest season 2–3), a successful businessman who unexpectedly takes his own life *

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as Jeri Huntington (season 1), a councilwoman * Bodhi Sabongui as Elliot (season 1; guest season 2), Danny's crush and later boyfriend. * Henderson Wade as Hunter (season 1), Katherine's co-worker *

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as Carter French, Katherine's legal assistant *

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as Barbara Nelson (seasons 1–2), a mysterious woman from Jon's past *

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as PJ Nelson (season 2; guest season 1), a young man who befriends Rome, later revealed to be Barbara Morgan's son *

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as Patricia Bloom (season 4, season 2; guest season 1), Maggie's mother *

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as Mitch Nelson (season 2; guest season 1), Barbara's husband. *

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as Eric (season 2), a man who claimed to have Maggie's deceased brother's heart. He reveals that the heart actually went to his fiancée, who was killed in a car crash that Eric caused. * Lou Beatty Jr. as Walter Howard (season 2–present; guest season 1), Rome's father. * Ebboney Wilson as Eve (season 2), a young pregnant woman who was planning on giving up her baby for Rome and Regina to adopt but decided to keep the baby *

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as Dakota (season 2; guest season 3), a young musician with whom Eddie produced music *

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as Jamie (season 3), Maggie's Oxford roommate and friend with benefits * Mattia Castrillo as Liam (seasons 3–4), a classmate of Theo's who is Darcy's son with her ex-husband * Adam Swain as Tyrell (season 3; guest season 4), an industrious teenager taken in by Rome and Regina after his mother is deported to Haiti *

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as Peter Benoit (seasons 3–4), a music instructor who mentors Sophie when she attempts to get accepted into the exclusive music college MMI, and subsequently sexually abuses her. *

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as Florence (season 3) *

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as Alan (season 3), a lawyer with whom Katherine forms a friendship and possible romantic relationship as her marriage to Eddie falls apart * Nikiva Dionne as Shanice Williamson (seasons 3–4), a well-known actress and closeted lesbian who agreed to star in Rome's film before the COVID pandemic shut it down; she later becomes a potential love interest for Katherine *

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as Greta Strobe (season 4), Katherine's former high school best friend and current girlfriend

Guest

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as Tom (seasons 1 and 4), a man Maggie dated when she lived in Chicago, described as a "mystery man" from her past in early press *

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(season 1) and

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(season 2) as Lenny Farache, Delilah's father and Sophie, Danny, and Charlie's grandfather who has

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as Renee Howard (seasons 1–2), Rome's mother *

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as Shelly (seasons 1–3), Regina's mother *

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as Andrew Pollock (seasons 1–2), Regina and Delilah's financial partner in the restaurant * Tyler Cody as Jake Anderson (seasons 2–3), Sophie's boyfriend who works at Regina and Delilah's restaurant *

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as Alice (season 2), Gary's estranged mother *

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as Chloe (season 2), Eric's deceased fiancée * Olivia Steele Falconer as Alex Stewart (season 2), Eddie's deceased high school girlfriend * Gerard Plunkett as Joseph Stewart (seasons 2–3), Alex and Colleen's father *

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as Colleen (season 2), the sister of Eddie's deceased high school girlfriend *

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as Dr. Stacy (season 3; voice only seasons 1 and 4), a therapist and radio talk show host * Paul Rodriguez as Javier Mendez (season 3), Gary's father * Ryan Hansen as Camden (season 4), a Boston Bruins player who Maggie is dating *

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as Cassandra (season 4) *

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as Ronald (season 4), Regina's father

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2018–19)

Season 2 (2019–20)

Season 3 (2020–21)

Season 4 (2021–22)

Production

Development

On August 18, 2017,

landed a series titled ''A Million Little Things'' with a

commitment, to be written by DJ Nash, who would serve as executive producer alongside Aaron Kaplan and Dana Honor. The series was described as "being in the tone of ''

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''," with the title stemming from the popular adage, "Friendship isn't a big thing – it's a million little things." Nash came up with the idea for the series following his single-camera comedy pilot ''Losing It''. He said that "Sometimes in comedy, you have to apologize for adding drama, which is why I was so thrilled to see ABC's passion for a drama that has comedy". ABC officially ordered the series to pilot in January 2018, and the show was officially picked up to series on May 9, 2018. The series is produced by

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and

. In October 2018, the show was picked for a full season of 17 episodes. On February 5, 2019, during the TCA press tour, ''A Million Little Things'' was renewed for a second season. On August 8, 2019, it was announced that ABC had ordered a full season for the second season. On May 21, 2020, ABC renewed the series for a third season which premiered on November 19, 2020. At the PaleyFest New York panel, Nash announced that the COVID-19 pandemic and the

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will be part of the storylines for the third season. On May 14, 2021, ABC renewed the series for a fourth season which will consists of 20 episodes. The fourth season premiered on September 22, 2021. On May 13, 2022, ABC renewed the series for a fifth season. On November 7, 2022, ABC announced that the fifth season would be its last which is scheduled to premiere on February 8, 2023.

Casting

On February 6, 2018,

was cast as Eddie. A week later,

was cast as Rome. By the end of the month,

as Regina Howard, and

as Gary. In early March 2018,

was cast as Delilah, while

was cast as Sophie Dixon. That month, it was also revealed that Ron Livingston had joined the series in an unspecified role, which was revealed with the series order in May to be the character Jon. On June 27, 2018, Grace Park was cast as Katherine, replacing Anne Son who was in the original pilot.

Filming

Production on the pilot took place from March 12 to 29, 2018, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Principal photography for the first season began on July 24, 2018, and concluded on February 4, 2019. Filming for the second season began on June 19, 2019, and ended on February 19, 2020. Filming for the third season began on August 27, 2020, and ended on May 12, 2021. Production on the fourth season began on July 27, 2021, and concluded on April 13, 2022. Filming for the fifth season began on September 7, 2022, and is scheduled to conclude on March 3, 2023.

Music

The soundtrack for the first season was released digitally on March 1, 2019, by

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Release

Broadcast

The series premiered on September 26, 2018, on ABC in the United States. In Canada, the series aired on

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for the first three seasons before moving to the

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. In Turkey, the series broadcast through pay broadcaster

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. The second season premiered on September 26, 2019. In Germany it streams on Disney+. In Australia it streams on Stan and Paramount+

Home media

The first season was released on DVD in Region 1 on August 27, 2019.

Reception

Critical response

On review aggregation Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 53% with an average rating of 6.34/10, based on 32 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Despite a decent ensemble and a few intriguing elements, ''A MillIon Little Things'' breaks under the weight of its own emotionally lofty ambitions." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 51 out of 100 based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Ratings

Overall

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

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