Reba McEntire returns to comedy TV as her new sitcom Happy’s Place was greenlit and dropped its first trailer on Wednesday.
The actress, 69 – who recently revealed she wasn’t initially attracted to her boyfriend Rex Linn when they first met – had her latest series ordered by NBC on May 7.
In her original sitcom, Reba was called “Reba Hart,” but now she plays a character named Bobbie.
According to the show’s official description: ‘[Bobbie] inherits her father’s restaurant and is less than happy to discover she has a new business partner in the half-sister she never knew she had.’
The multi-camera show is executive produced by the multi-hyphenate alongside her longtime Reba crew Kevin Abbott, Michael Hanel, Mindy Schultheis and Julie Abbott.
Happy’s Place premieres on NBC sometime this fall, on Fridays at 8/7c.
Reba McEntire returns to comedy TV as her latest series, Happy’s Place, gets the green light
The new show sees the actress reunite with her old Reba co-star Melissa Peterman
In the trailer, we see the actress reunite with her old Reba co-star Melissa Peterman.
‘This. This is why I laughed the whole time. I’m happy to share the news that I will have the opportunity to work with my friends again!’ the 52-year-old Young Sheldon star gushed on Instagram back in March when the series was announced.
“Fasten your seatbelt @reba, we’re going to have fun!”
The three-time Grammy winner and Peterman famously played Reba Hart and Barbara Jean Hart on the divorce sitcom, which aired for five seasons on The WB and an additional season on The CW from 2001-2007 (now streaming on Hulu).
“We really tried our best to restart the Reba show,” Reba further lamented The Bobby Bones Show back in 2022.
‘I really want to work with the people I have been able to work with for six and a half years. It was fun, the cast and crew, everyone we got to work and play with, they were great people. We wanted to get back together as a reunion and have fun, so hopefully that will happen one day.”
And last year, McEntire and Melissa co-starred in her Lifetime movie — Reba McEntire’s The Hammer — which was inspired by the life of the last traveling circuit judge Kim Wheeler.
In the new show, the 25 Words or Less contestant will play Gabby, a “needy and dramatic” bartender, working at the tavern that Bobbie (Reba) inherits from her father – according to Deadline.
Blue Beetle’s Belissa Escobedo was cast as Bobbie’s half-sister Isabella, an “enthusiastic” psychology student, who also inherits the restaurant and has “great ideas about how to bring it to life.”
‘I’ve been waiting to share this! REBA! This cast! This script!’ the 25-year-old LA native shouted:
“No amount of exclamation points can do it justice. I am so very grateful. The last two years have been an uphill battle (thanks Miley), so this is very welcome and appreciated. AHHHH!’
Also encapsulated Piloting the fire-haired country crooner was 1883’s Tokala Black Elk as friendly waiter Takoda and Alaska Daily’s Pablo Castelblanco as OCD-inflicted accountant Steve.
“I’m very excited, grateful and happy for this!” Colombian-born Pablo said at the time.
Reba McEntire (L) will reunite with her former Reba co-star Melissa Peterman (R) in a new untitled NBC multi-cam comedy pilot executive produced by her longtime team: Kevin Abbott, Michael Hanel and Mindy Schultheis
The 52-year-old Young Sheldon star gushed on Instagram on Monday: “This. This is why I laughed the whole time. I’m happy to share the news that I’ll get another chance to work with my friends! Brace yourself @reba, we’re going to have fun!’
The three-time Grammy winner — who turns 69 next week — and Peterman famously played Reba Hart and Barbara Jean Hart on the divorce sitcom, which aired for five seasons on The WB and an additional season on The CW from 2001-2007 (now streaming on Hulu)
And last year, McEntire and Melissa co-starred in her Lifetime movie — Reba McEntire’s The Hammer — which was inspired by the life of the last traveling circuit judge Kim Wheeler.
In the new show, 25 Words or Less contestant plays Gabby, a “needy and dramatic” bartender who works at the tavern that Bobbie (Reba) inherits from her father
Blue Beetle’s Belissa Escobedo was cast as Bobbie’s half-sister Isabella, an “enthusiastic” psychology student, who also inherits the restaurant and has “great ideas about how to bring it to life” (pictured in 2022)
The 25-year-old LA native said on Monday: ‘I’ve been waiting to share this! REBA! This cast! This script! No amount of exclamation points can do it justice. I am so very grateful. The last two years have been an uphill battle (thanks Miley), so this is very welcome and appreciated. AHHHH!’
Unsurprisingly, Reba has cast her real-life leading man since 2020 – young Sheldon actor Rex Linn (R, pictured February 14) – to play mild-mannered chef Emmett in the pilot, immediately after he starred in her projects Big Sky and Reba McEntire’s The Hammer.
‘I can’t wait to work with this fantastic cast and the whole team behind it. It’s @reba. I mean, come on, I’m so lucky! So many, many people to thank – I’ve probably already thanked you – if I haven’t [please] annoy me.’
Unsurprisingly, Reba has cast her real-life leading man since 2020 – Young Sheldon actor Rex Linn – to play mild-mannered chef Emmett in the pilot, immediately after he starred in her projects Big Sky and Reba McEntire’s The Hammer.
McEntire first met the 67-year-old actor – who, like her, graduated from college in Oklahoma – in 1991 on the set of NBC’s four-part film The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw.