for his portrayal of christopher darden. now sterling k. brown has another smash hit on his hands. everybody's talking about it. the show is call the "this is us." about his wife who he says rocks his chain. we're going to talk about them. we have our everyone has a story. today's story proves the true meaning of family. >> oh, can't wait to see that. >> and they're all here. >> awesome. all right, tonight is the night the stars of thursday night football. >> on nbc. >> on nbc. >> this is a new thing and we're all excited about it. >> the new orleans saints are playing the panthers. >> carolina panther. because the panthers are 3-6 and the saints are 4-5. >> i wasn't going to put on the jersey because you know, i only wear a giants jersey. but look at the back, that's frank's middle name and cody's middle name. so it's just fine. >> cam newton, baby. the game -- what's on the back of my jersey? brees. >> brees. love him. >> coverage tonight at 7:30 on nbc. it's going to be a fun game. >> so mandy moore was on james corden's "late late show" this we adore our mandy. she talked about

>> it really is. >> well, you came off that emmy win playing christopher darden, which was amazing. just reliving you up on the stage receiving your award and what you said in the end about your wife and how she -- what did you say, rocks your chain? >> hottest chick in the game. >> something like that. >> am i close? >> the hottest chick in the game >> and then every other person who came up started to say the same thing. >> that night, do you feel like it's one of those life. changing nights for you? >> yeah. it was an out of body experience. >> yeah, inbet it was. >> when i walked up on stage. first of all, they said my name, which you don't know if that's going to happen or not. my cast mates who are all fantastic who are nominated as well. other people from fx. applauding me. >> they don't do that unless it's deserved. we're so happy to have you. glad bless. >> "this is us" beatbo, what do you know about rabbits? i don't know anything about rabbits, but i do know that when you get your coupon and spend $75 at toys"r"us, you get a $10 gift card to use in december. cool. it's not

jimmy: our next guest is an emmy award winning actor who you know from his fantastic work as christopher darden in "the people versus o.j. simpson." you can currently see him on the hit drama "this is us," airing tuesdays at 9:00 p.m. on nbc. everyone, please welcome sterling k. brown! [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: wow, wow, wow, wow, wow! sterling k. brown! >> yes! [ cheers and applause ] what's up, baby? >> jimmy: yes! i'm so happy you're here. >> thank you. >> jimmy: i'm so happy for everything that's going on in your career. you're just awesome. i just -- you know, i was going nuts for you when you won the emmy. it was great. it was a surreal experience. i didn't know if it was gonna happen or not. when they called my name, i almost fainted. had to remind myself to get up and walk up on stage and just say thank you. it was amazing. amazing. >> jimmy: that was cool. i mean, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] and i loved it. but this is not the first time. we've met before. >> no, bro. we did a movie together. we were in a movie called "taxi." [ cheers and applause ] >>

brown took home an emmy this year for his portrayal of christopher darden in the hit mini series "the people v. o. o.j. simpson. now he is earning praise for his role in "this is us." while he can't wait for the whole family to be together on thanksgiving, he may be the only one. >> man, i am pumped. my mom and biological father how great is this? isn't this great? >> um-hm. okay, let me get that. be right back. >> what's with her? >> i have no idea. >> hey, sterling, good morning. nice to see you. >> thank you so much. >> when an actor takes on a role in a tv series, basically all they're hoping for is that somebody gets to sample the show. >> amen. >> anything above that is icing on the cake. >> gravy. >> how does the gravy taste? you're in the gravy people versus o.j." to now "this is us." i've been doing this for 15, 16 years. so all of a sudden things just kind of exploded and i've been able to pay the bills. but now people see me and will wave and say hi. like it is a whole new world. i am enjoying it. >> do you even try to asian-american lies why you end up in a juicy period li

i talked to somebody this morning, black republican, christopher darden, o.j. simpson prosecutor, he said this is going to generate new activism. how do you marry activism and the conversation the president is starting. >> i think the president addressed this in his remarks in the rose garden, about encouraging young people who were engaged in the political process in this election for the very first time. and the president made an effort to encourage young people who got engaged in the process not to be discouraged by the outcome. everybody is discouraged when the candidate they are supporting loses an election. but the genius and brilliance of our democracy is that when the election is over, we recognize that we're americans and patriots before we're democrats and republicans. and that is certainly a principle president obama and secretary clinton have forcefully advocated in the last 90 minutes or so. i think that's part of the reason that so many people are proud of the campaign that secretary clinton ran, proud of the progress that has been made in this co