For the showrunner of 'A Million Little Things,' politically conscious trumps politically correct
When DJ Nash set out to write the ABC drama "A Million Little Things," which follows a group of friends coping with the death by suicide of one of their own, his hope was that it would generate discussion about mental health.
"You don't want to be a PSA - you're not telling the stories for that reason but to realize, 'Oh, we could make a change, we could bring attention to these issues,'" Nash said. "There's two groups you want to talk to: the survivors, and the people who you want to prevent from doing this. And how do you reach both of them?"
The first season examines the effect on his friends and family after Jon (Ron Livingston), a successful businessman who seems to have it all, takes his own life. All are battling existing personal issues: There's Rome (Romany Malco), whose own suicide attempt is prevented by the call informing him of Jon's death, and his wife, Regina (Christina Moses), who experienced sexual abuse as
