NBC Renews The Good Place For Season Four

NBC has booked yet another trip to The Good Place. The network has renewed the comedy for a fourth season according to EW. The show is in its third season and airs its midseason finale before returning in mid-January.

The renewal is not an unexpected development. The show has not been a blockbuster in the ratings, but it is a consistent performer for NBC and has performed adequately throughout all three seasons. The show has been consistently in the “Likely Renewal” category of our TV Renewal Predictions column. The show is the first officially renewed by a broadcast network this season, and joins the previously-renewed Will & Grace (also on NBC) as the two shows set to return so far for next season.

In The Good Place, Kristen Bell’s Eleanor has died after a selfish, not-so-nice life. She’s met in “the good place,” a.k.a. heaven by Michael (Ted Danson), who explains that she’s come to heaven and will live a wonderful life with her soulmate Chidi (William Jackson Harper) in her dream house with dream friends. The only problem is, she’s been mistaken for a different Eleanor, one who has led a life full of good works. This isn’t her soul mate or her dream house (it’s full of clown art) or anything she actually likes. She and the friends she makes have to figure out what’s going on before something terrible happens. In season 2, Eleanor and her friends have an entirely new take on what’s actually going on in “the good place,” and who Michael is.