It’s August, the kiddies are heading back to school and the networks are frantically trying to get you excited about the fall TV season. NBC has certainly done just that, with the trailer for the new comedy/drama series, This is Us. The series, from the writers and directors of Crazy, Stupid, Love, deals with the stories of a group of people who all share the same birthday and will “challenge your everyday presumptions about the people you think you know.” That’s all well and good, but NBC took things to the next level by opening the trailer for the series with a fleeting glimpse of star Milo Ventimiglia’s butt.

Smart move, NBC, as the trailer has already gotten over 7.3 million views on YouTube. To be honest, I had never heard of the show, but after watching the trailer, I think I’m going to give it a shot. Butt or no butt, it looks pretty damn good. Check it out here, and obviously, it’s a little NSFW.

Fortunately for us, the 39-year-old actor has no problem baring his buns on screen, at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s annual Grants Banquet on Thursday night, Milo told E!:

“It was one of those things [being on network television] I thought no way and I get to my trailer in the morning on the first day of filming and I look at my choices of wardrobe and it’s really not much. There’s tape and there’s like a nude flesh colored thing, like pieces of cloth and tape and I kind of went, ‘OK, alright, cool. I’ve been nude in film before. It’s fine. No big deal. I’m totally comfortable with my manhood and my rear.'”

[From E!]

Mandy Moore, who plays Milo’s very pregnant wife on the show, acknowledged that Milo’s tush has pretty much stolen the show already, telling Vulture at the same event, “I know full well that we’ve all been upstaged by the derriere. And I’m totally fine with it. It’s a really good butt. And I got to look at it for almost a whole day.” Lucky lady.

Milo, who is also reprising his role as Jess Mariano for the upcoming Gilmore Girls reboot, credits his trainer Jason Walsh of Rise Nation for his bodacious bum, telling E!, “He’s my trainer of seven years. It’s a hardworking ass.” One of Jason’s other celebrity clients is Hilary Duff. Those two managed to work business and pleasure together and have been “casually dating” for a few months.

So, yeah, Milo isn’t afraid to show his butt. Is anyone really surprised to hear this? He’s got a very cute butt. But…(see what I did there?), there are lots of actors who don’t feel comfortable being nude on screen and I guess, thank goodness for that? I’m saying this because my guy, Kevin, is auditioning to be a body double for a new TV show this week. (I’d cast him, just saying.) Let’s just say I’ve probably added a new show to my fall TV watching list. Just lose that porn ‘stache, Milo.

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