Happy's Place
NBC | Release Date: October 18, 2024
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
DeciderJoel KellerOct 18, 2024
Season 1 Review: Happy’s Place is a throwback sitcom that relies on character humor instead of broad gags, and that’s always something that we will root for. Read full review
58
TVLineDave NemetzOct 18, 2024
Season 1 Review: By cramming a Gen Z worldview into a pre-Y2K sitcom format, Happy’s Place is trying to straddle two eras… and is all the more shaky because of it. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubManuel BetancourtOct 15, 2024
Season 1 Review: There’s something quite quaint about Happy’s Place, a comforting familiarity to its rhythms and its jokes, to its plots and its characters—even, or especially, when so many of them rely on Bobbie (and Reba, in turn) trying to connect with the Gen Z vibe Isabella brings to the proceedings. Read full review
50
USA TodayKelly LawlerOct 18, 2024
Season 1 Review: It's just another low-rent sitcom with stale jokes, bland characters and a limp plot. It's not so much that it's bad, it's just so boring, banal and blah. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergOct 18, 2024
Season 1 Review: For those without a fierce dedication to Reba McEntire, this show is as forgettable as it gets. Read full review
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