"Mike and Molly, yes, that's where they met, and they happen to be a couple people that were plus-size," Gardell said of the Overeaters Anonymous backstory on Mike & Molly. "But the story, the reason that show worked was, it was about two people that never thought they were gonna fall in love finding love. And that's why that show worked. And that's, I think, why the elements work for This Is Us."