"This is Us" was a primetime soap (not promoted as a soap but instead promoted as primetime serial drama, similar thing, different promotion).
To me, the characters felt like real people.
Edit to add:
The three adult siblings came from a working class family.
Viewers saw them going back and forth through time as children, teens, young adults, and people in their thirties.
Certainly the parents were working class. Mandy Moore played the mom, and she did great with her portrayal. Her character's parents had money but she didn't take the money. Milo Ventimiglia played her husband, who was a war veteran, struggling through various jobs in the construction business.
The three adult children:
Justin Hartley's character was an actor so by definition had money.
Sterling K. Brown's character was a financial advisor but he had relatable struggles.
Chrissy Metz's character struggled through various jobs and eventually became a music teacher.
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