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Reba McEntire is a beloved performer and has built a successful relationship with NBC, having been featured on The Voice for several seasons. Her sitcom, Happy’s Place, drew mediocre ratings in its first year and the network renewed it for a second season, likely hoping that viewership would improve in year two. Will the numbers grow or decline this time around? Will Happy’s Place be cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned.
A traditional sitcom, the Happy’s Place TV series was created by Kevin Abbott and Julie Abbott. The comedy stars McEntire, Belissa Escobedo, Melissa Peterman, Pablo Castelblanco, Tokala Black Elk, and Rex Linn. JoAnna Garcia Swisher guests. In the story, Bobbie (McEntire) is a divorcée whose daughter is deployed in the military. She’s inherited her father’s neighborhood tavern, Happy’s Place, a business she’s been running for a decade. Bobbie’s surprised to discover she now has a new business partner, Isabella (Escobedo), a twenty-something half-sister she never knew she had. A Gen-Zer with a psychology degree, Isabella is shocked by her new role at the bar and does her best, though she and Bobbie don’t see eye-to-eye. Also working at the bar are cheerful but needy bartender Gabby (Peterman); stoic chef Emmett (Linn); a quiet but very handy Native American waiter named Takoda (Black Elk); and Steve (Castelblanco), the business’ accountant.
Nielsen Ratings
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For comparisons: Season one of Happy’s Place on NBC averaged a 0.27 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 3.35 million viewers.
Note: These are the final national ratings, including all live+same day viewing and DVR playback (through 3:00 AM). While these numbers don’t include further delayed or streaming viewing, they are a very good indicator of how a show is performing, especially when compared to others on the same channel. There can be other economic factors involved in a show’s fate, but typically the higher-rated series are renewed and the lower-rated ones are cancelled.
Your Ratings (aka Viewer Votes)
Here’s your chance to rate episodes of Happy’s Place yourself. You can see how this show compares to others here.
What do you think? Do you like the Happy’s Place TV series on NBC? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a third season?


Great Show! Love all of the actors and their roles. Please do not cancel this show. ~ Peace, Marc
It’s my Friday night can’t miss show. When I’m out I DVR it,
Whoever wrote this article isn’t too fund of the show or someone in the cast
Calling this show a “mediocre rating” isn’t right.
Show opening night drew 17 million viewers viewers. 5 million per episode after that consistently and also 52% improvement of Friday night NBC show ratings.
My advice ? Do whatever you want. I just love the show. And makes me feel good!
Huh? The opening night drew 4 million. Out of 15 scripted shows on NBC, it ranked 7th. https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/nbc-2024-25-tv-season-ratings/
https://tasteofcountry.com/reba-mcentire-happys-place-nbc-10-million-viewers-first-week/
10 million viewers, on the first season.
4 million viewers in the second season, taking in consideration NFL football was going on. And without counting the people that watched in Peacock and other platforms the next day.
That’s a solid number. And they ranked #1 in demographic viewers on NBC. Don’t know which article you are looking for at but they seem pretty solid to me with this second season.
I love Reba in all of her comedies, but I do wish they would’ve named Happy’s Place something else. I don’t like the title of her show or the name of her bar. It should be Reba’s Place or use her dad’s first name, which I’m sure is not “Happy.”
I do like the comedy. The actors are all very funny & so are the plots of each episode. So, yes… I’d like to see a season 3.
Have you even watched it?? His name is Happy!!!!
I absolutely Love and Enjoy Happy’s Place !
I look forward to seeing the show each week ! They have a fantastic cast and just Love the storyline. I hope there’s many, many more wonderful seasons of Happy’s Place!
Second season sooooo good!!
Telenovela style!
I was looking for this climax and excitement last season, but I guess they were building characters, story etc.
Second season is the Filet Mignon from the series ⭐️ ❤️
Romance, gossip and comedy as it finest!
The cast performance amazing!
Takoda as handsome as usual, with great comedy timing, Reba and Rex outstanding! And of course Melisa cracks me up constantly. Belisa and Pablo very very good and awesome too.
Just watch it !!!!
Fun show. I immediately liked it last year. Looked forward to it this year. Nice Friday evening kind of show. Hope NBC keeps it
Enjoy the show, the cast really gels now.
To me it’s the same as last season. I like Reba, but this isn’t funny!!! Please put it out of it’s misery.