Is Happy's Place New Tonight? Season 3 Premiere Plus Newlyweds on NBC

Quick answer: Yes — on Friday, Oct. 23, Happy's Place returns with a new episode at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, and the new comedy Newlyweds premieres right after it at 8:30 p.m. ET. NBC's release prints Eastern time only, so Central and Pacific viewers should check local listings. We read NBC's releases and The Futon Critic's listings at 12:15 a.m. ET on Oct. 23.

Last new episode before this season: The Futon Critic's listings show the last new Happy's Place episode on Friday, April 24. Newlyweds has no earlier episodes, because Oct. 23 is its series premiere.

Is Happy's Place new tonight?

On Friday, Oct. 23, yes. Season 3 opens with "Office/Space" (Season 3, Episode 1). In NBC's release, Bobbie surprises Isabella with her own office upstairs, while Steve and Takoda try to talk Emmett out of giving Bobbie so much space now that their relationship has settled into friendship.

NBC describes the series as a heartfelt comedy in which Reba McEntire plays Bobbie, a tough but lovable woman who inherits her late father's Tennessee tavern and finds out her new co-owner is the half-sister she never knew she had. NBC's cast listing, posted by The Futon Critic, names McEntire, Melissa Peterman (Gabby), Rex Linn (Emmett), Belissa Escobedo (Isabella), Pablo Castelblanco (Steve) and Tokala Black Elk (Takoda).

Is Newlyweds new tonight?

On Friday, Oct. 23, it premieres with the pilot (Season 1, Episode 1). NBC's release says that over six weeks and two continents, total opposites Jeanie and James go from blind date to wedded bliss. NBC's series description calls it a later-in-life love story about a free-spirited woman and a buttoned-up professor who marry impetuously after a whirlwind courtship. NBC's cast listing includes Téa Leoni as Jeanie, Jamie Lee Curtis as Claudia, Al Madrigal as Dan, Tim Daly as Tony, Bill O'Neill as Arvid, Emma Meisel as Poppy and Ignacio Diaz-Silverio as Lolo. Curtis is also an executive producer.

When are the next new episodes?

Both comedies are listed as new on Friday, Oct. 30 and Friday, Nov. 6. For Oct. 30, NBC's release has "Skeletons in the Closet" for Happy's Place (Justina Machado guest stars) and "My Place or Yours" for Newlyweds, where Jeanie and James disagree about where to live. For Nov. 6, "Full Gabby" brings Jane Lynch in as a guest, and "We'll Never Have Paris" is the Newlyweds title; NBC's release for that episode has no description yet. Nov. 13 and Nov. 20 are held slots in The Futon Critic's listings with titles still TBA, so those rows read "not yet announced."

What time and channel are they on?

NBC, Fridays: Happy's Place at 8 p.m. Eastern and Newlyweds at 8:30. One detail from reading the releases themselves: NBC lists the Newlyweds pilot as running from 8:30 to 9:01 p.m., a minute past the hour, while The Futon Critic's show page gives the Friday slot as 8:30 to 9 p.m. We use 8:30 p.m. as the start and treat the extra minute as a listing detail.

Elsewhere in the week, Chicago Fire and Law & Order: SVU have their own pages, and CBS's Thursday comedies are covered on Georgie & Mandy and Eternally Yours. ABC's Wednesday comedy has Abbott Elementary, and every NBC show we track is on the NBC page.

Frequently asked questions

What night is Happy's Place on?

Fridays at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. Season 3 starts on Friday, Oct. 23, and the Fridays through Nov. 6 have named episodes.

Is Newlyweds a new show?

Yes. NBC's listing marks it as a series premiere on Friday, Oct. 23, with the pilot at 8:30 p.m. ET. It follows Happy's Place in the Friday lineup.

Sources

• The Futon Critic: Happy's Place listings and Newlyweds listings
• NBC releases for Oct. 23: Happy's Place and Newlyweds (times, titles, descriptions, cast)
• NBC releases for later weeks: Oct. 30 (Happy's Place), Oct. 30 (Newlyweds) and Nov. 6 (Happy's Place)
• TVmaze: Happy's Place

By the Primetime Drama On Air desk · Updated Oct. 23, 2:48 a.m. ET