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Happy’s Place is back for Season 2 after one successful season under its belt. Created by Julie Abbott and Kevin Abbott and starring Reba McEntire, Melissa Peterman, and others, this sitcom series premiered in October 2024 on NBC. The show has received positive reviews from fans and critics and is a breezy and lighthearted sitcom.
Happy’s Place is about Bobbie (McEntire), who inherits half-ownership of her father’ titular bar in Knoxville, Tennessee, after her father, Happy’s death. However, Bobbie soon realizes that she has a half-sister as her father had an affair, and her half-sister’s name is Isabella (Belissa Escobedo). Isabella also has half the ownership of the bar, and the two estranged sisters must now unite and run the bar together.
Happy's Place is full of hilarious hijinks as Bobbie and Isabelle often clash due to their cultural differences and the fact that they were estranged. Other important characters in the show include Peterman as Gabby, who is a bartender at Happy’s Place, and Steve, who is a Hispanic accountant at the bar.
The series will premiere on Friday, November 7, at 8:00 PM, with a two-episode special.
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Happy’s Place seems to have found a happy place for itself at NBC’s fall schedule as the show will premiere on Friday, November 7, at 8:00 PM. However, the show’s premiere night will be special as there will be two episodes instead of one, and the viewers will get to enjoy Bobbie running her bar with her half-sister for a whole hour.
The double-episode premiere is a sign that Happy's Place is doing well and that NBC has faith in its sitcoms. Even though Happy’s Place was renewed for the second season back in February, there was not a lot of information about the upcoming season. However, the recent news about a special premiere for the show’s second season shows that Happy’s Place is back on a big note.
In the first season, Happy's Place was able to pull 3 million viewers per episode, as per TV Series Finale. Again, the same source mentions that the show was 7th in the ratings for NBC’s scripted shows during the 2024-2025 season and therefore, Happy’s Place did not get cancelled.
In an interview with Screen Rant, the show’s showrunner, Kevin Abbott, stated that the next season of Happy’s Place will focus on the love life of Reba’s character, Bobbie. As the second season of the show has a double-premiere, it would help the audience hold the attention over the show and could indicate that some parts of the story from the premiere will continue into the second episode of Happy's Place.
What the double-premiere of Happy's Place means for NBC
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Not only is a whole hour of premiere a sign that the channel is optimistic about Happy’s Place, but it also signifies that the channel wants to grow and support its sitcoms. NBC is primarily known for Dick Wolf’s franchise shows like the Chicago universes and Law and Order. However, giving Happy’s Place a double episode start could mean that the channel wants to invest in its sitcoms.
A double premiere could lead viewers to watch Happy's Place and want more the next week. And it could also lead new viewers to watch the previous season of Happy's Place.
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