NBC will keep its tab open at Happy’s Place.
The network has renewed Happy’s Place, its multi-camera sitcom starring Reba McEntire, for a second season. The series joins fellow first-year comedy St. Denis Medical in NBC’s lineup for 2025-26.
The renewal doesn’t come as a big surprise: NBC gave the show a vote of confidence in November with an order for five additional episodes, bringing its total for the season to 18.
Happy’s Place has performed consistently well for the network in its Friday-night spot so far this season. It averages 3.38 million same-day viewers, a 54 percent improvement year to year, and adds about 1.3 million more with a week of delayed viewing (not including streaming). Figures for the show’s performance on Peacock aren’t available, but NBC says it’s the streamer’s second-biggest comedy debut ever, behind St. Denis Medical. The pilot episode, which aired Oct. 18, has grown to 17.6 million viewers across all platforms.
McEntire plays Bobbie, who inherits her late father’s tavern — the Happy’s Place of the title — and discover that she has a new business partner in Isabella (Belissa Escobedo), a twentysomething half-sister she never knew she had. Melissa Peterman, Pablo Castelblanco, Tokala Black Elk and Rex Linn also star.
Kevin Abbott and Julie Abbott created Happy’s Place. Kevin Abbott is the showrunner and executive produces with McEntire, Michael Hanel, Mindy Schultheis, Matt Berry and Pamela Fryman.
