NBC Announces Premiere Date For New Sitcom Starring Reba, ‘Happy’s Place’

Coming this fall... mark your calendars. It was announced earlier this year that Reba would be starring in a new sitcom called Happy's Place , which will be different than her beloved show from the 2000’s Reba (in which she played a fictitious version of herself), but it will share some similarities. The biggest similarity will be that Happy’s Place will feature a reunion of former Reba co-stars in McEntire and Melissa Peterman. The incomparable “Barbra Jean” could not have been played by anyone else on the classic 2000’s TV show, and now Peterman will bring her patented energy to what I’m sure will become another iconic role alongside Reba in the new sitcom. While Reba is set to play a character named Bobbie who inherits a family restaurant and finds out she has a half-sister ( Belissa Escobedo), Melissa will reportedly play a “needy and dramatic” character named Gabby who works at the inherited restaurant. Sounds like “Barbra Jean 2.0” to me, and I’m perfectly fine with that. I’m sure everyone else will be too. And yesterday, NBC announced that the show will officially premiere on Friday, October 18th, and will also stream on Peacock: As far as I’m concerned, Reba remains a classic to this day and one of the best sitcoms ever made, and I can’t wait to see Reba back on my TV screen again. The country legend will executive produce alongside her former Reba executive producer’s Kevin Abbott, Michael Hanel and Mindy Schultheis. Julie Abbott will also executive produce. Here's a little more about the forthcoming sitcom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqyO64HXmxw