Everything to Know About Happy’s Place Season 2
Reba McEntire is back for more laughs from your favorite new tavern.
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Ready for another round? NBC's multi-cam sitcom Happy's Place is returning for a second season of workplace hijinks and family fun.
Starring Reba McEntire, Rex Linn, Belissa Escobedo, Melissa Peterman, Tokala Black Elk, and Pablo Castelblanco, Happy's Place follows the shenanigans at a family-run bar in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Season 2 is set to deliver even more heart and humor.
After the debut season of Happy's Place revealed that Bobbie (McEntire) and Isabella (Escobedo) are long-lost half-sisters and follows them as they learn to run the late father's bar together, Season 2 also promises to unpack another jaw-dropping secret.
"In Season 2, Happy’s Place reopens its doors, and a long-buried secret comes to light that will test loyalties and shake things up inside the tavern," the official logline for Happy's Place Season 2 reads. "Through it all, Bobbie must remind everyone that family isn’t what you're born into, but it’s the people that stand beside you, even in the workplace."
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Read on for everything else you need to know about Happy's Place Season 2, including when you can start watching all-new episodes on NBC.
When does Happy's Place come back?
Happy's Place Season 2 premieres on Friday, November 7, at 8/7c on NBC, and new episodes will be available to stream the next day on Peacock.
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Happy's Place Season 2 will feature hilarious guest stars
After the first season of Happy's Place welcomed a dynamite line-up of guest stars including McEntire's former Reba co-stars Steve Howey and Christopher Rich, even more comedy legends will be making appearances in upcoming episodes.
NBC announced in September 2025 that Christopher Lloyd, Carol Kane, and Cheri Oteri will all guest star on Season 2 of Happy's Place. Lloyd will play Clive, a man who lost his phone at the pub and comes back to get it, while Kane is set to play his wife, Theresa, who's described as a "free-spirited woman in pursuit of justice, excitement and her husband."
In an upcoming episode of Happy's Place Season 2, Oteri will play a "no-nonsense health inspector" named Monica, who's been appointed to Happy's Place. "She takes her job incredibly seriously and doesn’t cut any corners when it comes to cleanliness," the Saturday Night Live alum's character bio reads.
JoAnna García Swisher will also reunite with her Reba co-stars in Season 2. In an upcoming episode of Happy's Place, Swisher will play a woman named Kenzie, who's described as "a local Knoxville influencer who has been hired to represent Happy’s Place for their upcoming social media marketing campaign and all of it is much to Bobbie’s chagrin."
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The Happy's Place set is nonstop fun!
From what we've heard, the set is as chummy as the fictional establishment. Emma Kenney, who has appeared as Bobbie's [McEntire] daughter, Gracie, told TV Insider, "Stepping onto the Happy's Place set at Universal was so welcoming. Everybody was so kind and wanted to make sure I was comfortable and felt I had everything I needed, and I was really lucky for that...I'm not used to going to a set as the newbie coming onto an already established cast. So I was a little nervous going into it, but as soon as I met everyone, my nerves were really made at ease."
Escobedo told NBC Insider that it’s been “very special” to be part of the sitcom. “It feels like… being part of a resurgence of sitcom television, and that’s very special, and so I’m feeling so lucky,” Escobedo said. “Reba is an angel, so it’s awesome to go to work every day and have it be her at the forefront.”
Escobedo also opened up about McEntire's dynamic with Linn, her real-life fiancé who also stars on Happy's Place. (He plays Emmett, the tavern's longtime cook and Bobbie's love interest on the show.)
“They’re so cute that they’re gross,” Escobedo joked. “No, I’m just kidding, but they are like sickeningly sweet…I love seeing them be happy…I can’t imagine how cool it is to go to work and be able to be with your boo. That’s really sweet.”
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McEntire is surrounded by lots of love and familiar faces on Happy's Place. Peterman, who previously co-starred with McEntire on Reba and is the country star's close friend, plays Gabby the bartender on Happy's Place. McEntire told Entertainment Tonight, “She’s just one of my best friends, I will always love her forever and ever.”
How to watch episodes of Happy’s Place
While you wait for the Season 2 premiere on November 7 at 8/7c on NBC, you can watch every episode of Happy’s Place Season 1 on Peacock right now.
