NBC has ordered three further scripts every of its Friday comedies Completely happy’s Place and Lopez vs. Lopez. As Deadline reported today, each multi-camera sitcoms had initially been picked up for 13 episodes.
Broadcast networks usually fee extra scripts of reveals they’re contemplating for again episodic orders as a approach to maintain the writers rooms working. Based mostly on Completely happy’s Place and George vs. Lopez‘s rankings efficiency within the coming weeks, they might obtain a pickup for extra scripts and/or begin changing script into episodic orders.
Completely happy’s Place has been a Friday breakout, logging a stable 4M linear Dwell+Similar Day viewers that grew to 10M cross-platform viewers inside per week. The sequence, which reunites a number of key inventive auspices of McEntire’s earlier sitcom, Reba, additionally logged the perfect new comedy launch on Peacock ever.
In Completely happy’s Place, McEntire’s Bobbie inherits her father’s tavern, named Completely happy’s Place, and is shocked to find that she has a brand new enterprise companion, Isabella (Belissa Escobedo), a twentysomething half-sister she by no means knew she had.
Created by Kevin Abbott and Julie Abbott, the sequence additionally stars Reba‘s Melissa Peterman in addition to Pablo Castelblanco, Tokala Black Elk and Rex Linn. Abbott govt produces with Reba McEntire, who can also be a coach on NBC’s The Voice this season; Michael Hanel; Mindy Schultheis; Matt Berry and Pamela Fryman.
George Lopez and Mayan Lopez co-created the father-daughter comedy Lopez vs. Lopez, by which they star alongside Selenis Leyva, Matt Shively, Brice Gonzalez and Al Madrigal. The sequence’ third co-creator, Debby Wolfe, exec produces alongside Bruce Helford, George Lopez, Michael Rotenberg and Katie Newman. A utility participant, the sitcom has been chugging alongside, producing 22 episodes in Season 1 and 10 in its strike-abbreviated second season.
