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NBC’s Friday night comedies have received some good news. According to Deadline, the network has ordered three additional scripts each for Happy’s Place and Lopez vs Lopez. Both shows were initially given 13-episode orders for the 2024-25 broadcast season.

New series Happy’s Place has been a success for NBC, attracting 10 million cross-platform views in a week. Reba McEntire, Melissa Peterman, Belissa Escobedo, Pablo Castelblanco, Tokala Black Elk, and Rex Linn star in the comedy series, which follows Bobbie (McEntire), who inherits her father’s bar after his death and learns she is to run it with the half-sister she never knew she had.

Lopez vs Lopez is in its third season and stars George Lopez, Mayan Lopez, Selenis Leyva, Brice Gonzalez, Al Madrigal, and Matt Shively. The series follows the fictional father-daughter relationship between George and Mayan as they struggle to repair things between them.

Ordering additional scripts is the first step before ordering more episodes to be produced of a scripted series. It’s also a way to keep the writers’ rooms working as the network figures out what to do next. If both shows continue to perform well in the weeks ahead, more scripts or a full-season pickup of episodes will likely be requested.

What do you think? Are you a fan of these NBC comedies? Do you plan to continue watching them on Friday nights?