Talk:A Friend of the Family (miniseries)

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet talk 12:02, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

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Jake Lacy
Jake Lacy

Created by Pamzeis (talk). Self-nominated at 13:13, 13 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/A Friend of the Family (TV series); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

  • Special:Diff/1170144485 more than qualifies as a fivefold expansion, and might I add is highly impressive! Nice fact, well written and sourced article, no copyvios. Good to go.--NØ 20:26, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

GA review

Passed. Vestrian24Bio 09:24, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:A Friend of the Family (miniseries)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Pamzeis (talk · contribs) 03:11, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Vestrian24Bio (talk · contribs) 11:28, 24 June 2026 (UTC)


Comments

A Friend of the Family (miniseries) (as of this rev)
  • WP:DUPELINK - MovieWeb linked twice in the Reception section.
    • Unlinked
  • The last sentence of the Casting section sounds confusing... "she said she felt she was guide her younger self and console her father" - reword this bit to avoid repeating she three times as well.
    • Revised the Jan Broberg bit
  • Does the last section need to be titled "A Friend of the Family: True Evil", the section could be just titled "Documentary film".
    • I mean, no, but I don't see why not per MOS:VAR. Also, might be stretching a bit, but documentary film could imply that the film's about the show, which isn't the case.
  • The Plot section with just two sentences should be removed; as MOS:TVPLOT says to only use a prose-Plot section or Episode table with plot summaries.
    •  Done

Vestrian24Bio 11:26, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

@Pamzeis: that's all I got, ping me when you're done addressing these.. Vestrian24Bio 11:26, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

Source spot-check

  • Initial check: pass. Vestrian24Bio 09:23, 19 July 2026 (UTC)
  • Proper check: This table lists 16 random passages from throughout the article (20.5% of 78 total passages).
    These passages contain 18 inline citations (19.8% of 91 in the article). Generated with the Veracity user script. Vestrian24Bio 09:23, 19 July 2026 (UTC)
More information Reference #, Letter ...
Reference #LetterSourceArchiveStatusNotes
Production
After watching the documentary, Nick Antosca was preoccupied with it and considered Broberg's family fascinating. He later read Stolen Innocence, which he said "was relatable in that we all have vulnerabilities that somebody can use against us". Despite admiring Abducted in Plain Sight, Antosca thought the story was too intricate for an 90-minute runtime; he wanted to work with Broberg and her family to retell the events with more context and depth. Antosca and his colleagues studied many trial transcripts, FBI notes, interviews, and childhood journals about the case.
11forbes.comweb.archive.org Good
Antosca stated he did not want to tell Broberg's story unless it benefited her family.
12bindiewire.comweb.archive.org Good
In May 2020, it was announced Universal Content Productions was developing a series about Broberg's kidnappings; Antosca was to write and executive produce the series under his banner Eat the Cat, and Jan and Mary Ann Broberg would serve as producers.
18variety.comweb.archive.org Good
Although she was not involved in the final casting selections, Broberg extensively spoke to Antosca about Robert Berchtold's character and the importance of portraying him as credible, loving parent.
22avariety.comweb.archive.org Good
Lacy was hesitant about becoming close to Jan Broberg because he feared he would be unable to portray Berchtold's inhumanity and obsessiveness,
15bhollywoodreporter.comweb.archive.org Good
24cvariety.comweb.archive.org Good
Antosca was insistent on not casting adult actors who looked young for the role.
15chollywoodreporter.comweb.archive.org Good
The show also stars Anna Paquin as Mary Ann Broberg, Jan's mother.
32deadline.comweb.archive.org Good
She referred to her appearance in A Friend of the Family as freeing;
36betonline.comweb.archive.org Good
A Friend of the Family's design takes inspiration from Classical Realism films of the 1970s, including Badlands (1973) and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974).
17cvanityfair.comweb.archive.org Good
Release
A Friend of the Family's first four episodes were made available on the Peacock on October 6, 2022.
42collider.comweb.archive.org Good
Reception
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 73 out of 100 based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
44metacritic.com Good
Kristen Baldwin of Entertainment Weekly said the show has difficulty sustaining its nine-hour duration due to a lack of insight and analysis.
52aew.comweb.archive.org Good
The A.V. Club's Saloni Gajjar stated nine episodes were warranted and called the show "compelling".
53aavclub.comweb.archive.org Good
The rest of the cast also received praise: reviewers from MovieWeb and The A.V. Club referred to Paquin as "heartbreaking" and "quietly powerful", respectively,
43cmovieweb.comweb.archive.org Good
53bavclub.comweb.archive.org Good
RogerEbert.com's Brain Tallerico, however, said the show is less coherent with two actors playing Jan; he stated he would prefer only Grace portraying the character.
59rogerebert.comweb.archive.org Good
Notes
and IGN
46aign.comweb.archive.org Good
Close
All good in spot-check. Vestrian24Bio 09:23, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Final review

@Vestrian24Bio: Hopefully all  Done. Pamzeis (talk) 17:51, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

All else good, passing for GA. Vestrian24Bio 09:23, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

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3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant ()
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