Half a year without The Good Place [1] feels like eternal torture, especially if you, like me (and Eleanor Shellstrop), are a medium person who lives for television. But get ready, benches — Michael Schur's quirky philosophical comedy will come back for a third season sooner than you know it. Yup, while Brooklyn Nine-Nine [2], Schur's other beloved sitcom, won't return until next year [3], we'll be getting brand-new episodes of The Good Place this September.
Back in November 2017, NBC announced that it would renew the show for a third season [4] with 13 episodes. In June, the network revealed its slate of Fall television premieres [5], dropping the news that it will air a special one-hour debut of The Good Place's third season on Thursday, Sept. 27, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. (D'Arcy Carden, who plays Janet, shared the announcement in her own special way [6].) The show will return to its normal slot [7] the following week on Thursday, Oct. 4, at 8:30 p.m.
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Now, if you'll excuse us, we'll be enjoying our frozen yogurt while waiting for the show's second season to hit Netflix [10]. And, of course, keeping our fingers crossed for Ted Danson's Emmy nomination [11] for best actor in a comedy series.