Reba McEntire has the green light from NBC for her new sitcom, Happy’s Place.
open for business! #HappysPlace, starring the one and only @reba, is coming soon to NBC and streaming on @peacock ❤️ pic.twitter.com/9geydCNcGz
— NBC Entertainment (@nbc) May 8, 2024
According to Variety, Happy’s Place follows Bobbie (Reba), who inherits her father’s restaurant and is less than thrilled to discover that she has a new business partner in a half-sister (Belissa Escobedo) she never knew she had. The cast reunites her with Reba co-star and friend, Melissa Peterman, as well as Reba’s real-life boyfriend, Rex Linn, and Pablo Castelblanco and Tokala Black Elk.
NBC has given a series order to “Happy’s Place,” the Reba McEntire-led pilot the network ordered in January. https://t.co/sFO6nq8YHI
— Variety (@Variety) May 8, 2024
The new show will also bring Reba back together with the team who produced her Reba series from 2001 to 2007, as well as Malibu Country. Kevin Abbott will be writing the series and executive producing, alongside Michael Hanel, Mindy Schultheis and Julie Abbott.
She not only has a string of hits, a bookshelf full of awards, a clothing line, a restaurant, books and more, but she also has acting credits a mile long, including her two of her own series, Young Sheldon, The Hammer, Big Sky, Tremors and Broadway’s Annie Get Your Gun, among other projects
Reba finds acting to be another kind of creative outlet and enjoys stepping into a role because she gets to be a different character.
“It’s another creative outlet – that’s why I love acting,” she says. “When I did ‘Annie Get Your Gun,’ I got to sing, I got to act, but I also got to be another character. I wasn’t Reba McEntire, so that’s what I really enjoy doing – being outside my character.”
She also serves as a coach on NBC’s The Voice.
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“It’s another creative outlet – that’s why I love acting. When I did ‘Annie Get Your Gun,’ I got to sing, I got to act, but I also got to be another character. I wasn’t Reba McEntire, so that’s what I really enjoy doing – being outside my character.”