The Good Place, the critically beloved otherworldly comedy from executive producer and creatorMichael Schur, has been renewed for a full-season order of 13 episodes. The announcement was made byJennifer Salke, President, NBC Entertainment. Here’s whatJennifer Salkehad to say about thecomedy series' renewal in a statement.
“Mike Schurhas always had one of the most fertile and imaginative minds in comedy, but what he brought us with the first season ofThe Good Placewas just extraordinary. We absolutely can’t wait to see where these characters go, literally, in season two. A big thank you to Mike, the writers and cast for delivering a series in which we all take such enormous pride.”
In its rookie season,The Good Placehas averaged a 1.9 rating in adults 18-49 and 6.1 million viewers overall in “live plus seven day” figures from Nielsen Media Research, improving the timeslot by +36% over NBC’s Thursday 8:30 average last season. The show’s Jan. 19 season finale delivered 5.2 million viewers after three days of time-shifted and video-on-demand viewing, for the show’s biggest L+3 audience since Oct. 27.The Good Placehas also generated a strong upscale audience, indexing at a 135 among adults 18-49 living in homes with $100K+ incomes (with 100 representing an average concentration of those homes). Critics raved about the first season of The Good Place and had especially high praise for the head-turningseason finale. Here’s what Variety had to say about the season finale that aired earlier this month onNBC.
“I feel grateful for a show that is, at its heart, so sincere and earnest while also very focused on its mission to entertain. We need that.The Good Placehas already made a convincing case that it deserves an award for most flawlessly executedTV twistof the year.”
Entertainment Weekly said it was a “phenomenal first season,” “Ted Danson, living legend, was divine, and he better be getting an Emmy nomination, or there’ll be hell to pay” and also added, “Kristen Bellis pitch-perfect.” And The New York Times wrote thatThe Good Placewas “the most acclaimed new network comedy of the fall.” FromMichael Schur, executive producer ofBrooklyn Nine-Nine,Parks and RecreationandThe Office, comes a smart, unique new comedy that follows Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell), an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn’t been a very good person. With the help of her wise newfound afterlife mentor (Ted Danson), she’s determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within. The pilot was directed byDrew Goddard.
The Good PlacestarsTed Danson,Kristen Bell,William Jackson Harper,Jameela Jamil,Manny JacintoandD’Arcy Carden. In addition to executive producing,Schurserves as writer and showrunner.David Miner,Morgan SackettandDrew Goddardalso executive produce.The Good Placeis produced by Universal Television, Fremulon and 3 Arts Entertainment.
