NBC is keeping Happy’s Place open a bit longer.
The network has ordered five additional episodes of the first-year comedy starring Reba McEntire. The extra shows will bring the show to a Peak TV-era full season of 18 episodes.
The full-season order comes after Happy’s Place has performed well out of the gate. The series is the most watched of NBC’s four comedies so far this season, averaging 3.49 million on-air viewers for its initial airing, according to Nielsen, and growing substantially with streaming and other delayed viewing. NBC says the Oct. 18 series debut has hit 14 million viewers across all platforms.
The multi-camera comedy stars McEntire as Bobbie, who inherits her late father’s tavern — the Happy’s Place of the title — and discovers she has a partner in Isabella (Belissa Escobedo), a twentysomething half sister Bobbie never knew she had. The cast also features Melissa Peterman, Pablo Castelblanco, Tokala Black Elk and Rex Linn.
Happy’s Place joins CBS’ Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, Poppa’s House and NCIS: Origins in earning additional episodes. NBC’s other first-year fall series, Brilliant Minds and St. Denis Medical, are likely to stay at their initial orders of 13 episodes each but will remain in contention for renewal.
Universal Television produces Happy’s Place. Writer Kevin Abbott, who worked with McEntire on Reba and Malibu Country, executive produces with McEntire, Michael Hanel, Mindy Schultheis, Matt Berry and Pamela Fryman. Kevin Abbott and Julie Abbott created the series.
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