NBC is sticking with their critical fan favorite hit, The Good Place. The network has renewed the comedy series for a fourth season.
The size of the episode order has not been but creator Mike Schur designed the serialized The Good Place for limited runs, and the show’s first three seasons have consisted of 13 episodes each.
The Good Place, starring Ted Danson and Kristen Bell has been a critical darling and ratings success for NBC even if its live ratings don’t totally reflect that. The series has strong delayed and online viewing and this season is averaging a 1.6 rating in adults 18-49 and 4.6 million viewers overall in Live+7 to tanks as NBC’s highest-rated comedy series. The show’s 18-49 rating grows to a 3.65 when 35 days of time-shifting and projected digital viewership are added. The Good Place also delivers the most highly educated audience among primetime Big 4 series this season, indexing at a 155 among adults 18-49 with four or more years of college. Additionally, it makes regular Top 10 appearances on various binge reports tracking streaming viewing.
The Good Place was recently nominated for a Humanitas Prize Award and earlier this year received the TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy. Danson received an Emmy nomination for his role, breaking the record number of nominations in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series category. He also took home the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series.
