The Story
Just Us© is a family-centered dramedy inspired by the lived experiences of creator Junius R. Hughes, Jr.
It follows Jace Hughes — a dedicated father who stepped away from a rising television career — and the five daughters who grew up under his care, his discipline, his humor, and his unwavering love.
The series opens with the Hughes family stepping onto the national stage as five-time champions on Family Feud, delivering one of the highest-rated weeks of the season.
It’s a joyful, triumphant moment… but it’s not the beginning.
It’s the result.
And as the cameras fade, Jace can’t help but see more than the victory in front of him.
He sees the journey behind it — the nights he prayed for wisdom he didn’t think he had, the mornings he juggled school drop-offs with production deadlines, the heartbreaks he had to hide so his girls could feel steady, and the small, unglamorous choices that quietly shaped five extraordinary young women.
Now adults — a journalist, a teacher and mother fluent in Spanish, a holistic health practitioner, an actress, and a media designer — the daughters stand as the living proof of a path carved through sacrifice, faith, resilience, and relentless love.
Just Us© moves between the present and the remembered past, revealing how each of those women came to be who they are — and how one father, imperfect but determined, built a legacy in the everyday grind of raising them alone.
Grounded in authenticity and guided by faith, the series explores the humor, heartbreak, and holy grit required to raise a family when the world says you shouldn’t make it — and yet you do.
It’s not just the story of how they won the game.
It’s the story of how they became a family strong enough to step on that stage at all.
“Throughout my entire career, I’ve told other people’s stories. This time, I’m telling my own.”
— Junius R. Hughes, Jr.”