Reba McEntire is set to reunite with her former Reba co-star Melissa Peterman in a new untitled NBC multi-cam comedy pilot executive produced by her old team: Kevin Abbott, Michael Hanel, and Mindy Schultheis.
‘This. This is why I have been smiling all the time. I am thrilled to share the news that I get another chance to work with my friends!’ the 52-year-old Young Sheldon star gushed on Instagram on Monday.
‘Buckle up @reba we are going to have some fun!’
The three-time Grammy winner – turning 69 next week – and Peterman famously portrayed Reba Hart and Barbara Jean Hart in the divorce sitcom, which aired for five seasons on The WB and an additional season on The CW spanning 2001-2007 (now streaming on Hulu).
‘We’ve really been trying hard to do a reboot of the Reba show,’ Reba lamented on The Bobby Bones Show back in 2022.
Reba McEntire (L) is set to reunite with her former Reba co-star Melissa Peterman (R) in a new untitled NBC multi-cam comedy pilot executive produced by her old 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 have been smiling all the time. I am thrilled to share the news that I get another chance to work with my friends! Buckle up @reba we are going to have some fun!’
‘I really want to work with the people that I got to work with during that six and a half years. It was fun, the cast the crew everybody we got to work with and play with, they were wonderful people. We wanted to get back together like 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 Bobbie (Reba) inherits from her father – according to Deadline.
Blue Beetle’s Belissa Escobedo was cast as 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 gushed on Monday.
‘No amount of exclamation marks can do it justice. I am so immensely grateful. The last two years have been an uphill battle (thank you Miley) so this is so very welcomed and appreciated. AHHHH!’
Also cast in the flame-haired country crooner’s pilot were 1883’s Tokala Black Elk as kind waiter Takoda and Alaska Daily’s Pablo Castelblanco as OCD-inflicted accountant Steve.
‘I’m very excited, and grateful, and thrilled for this!’ Colombian-born Pablo gushed on Monday.
The three-time Grammy winner – turning 69 next week – and Peterman famously portrayed Reba Hart and Barbara Jean Hart in the divorce sitcom, which aired for five seasons on The WB and an additional season on The CW spanning 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, the 25 Words or Less contestant will play Gabby, a ‘needy and dramatic’ bartender, working at the tavern Bobbie (Reba) inherits from her father
Blue Beetle’s Belissa Escobedo was cast as 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 gushed on Monday: ‘I’ve been waiting to share this! REBA! This cast! This script! No amount of exclamation marks can do it justice. I am so immensely grateful. The last two years have been an uphill battle (thank you Miley) so this is so very welcomed and appreciated. AHHHH!’
Also cast in the flame-haired country crooner’s pilot were 1883’s Tokala Black Elk (L) as kind waiter Takoda and Alaska Daily’s Pablo Castelblanco (R) as OCD-inflicted accountant Steve
Colombian-born Pablo gushed on Monday: ‘I’m very excited, and grateful, and thrilled for this! Can’t wait to work with this fantastic cast, and with the whole team behind it. It’s @reba I mean come on I’m so lucky! So many, many, many people to thank’
Unsurprisingly, Reba cast her real-life leading man since 2020 – Young Sheldon actor Rex Linn (R, pictured February 14) – to play soft-spoken cook Emmett in the pilot immediately after he acted in her projects Big Sky and Reba McEntire’s The Hammer
McEntire currently coaches the 25th season of The Voice, which airs Mondays and Tuesdays on NBC
For her song Seven Minutes In Heaven, the Super Bowl LVIII performer will next compete for female video of the year trophy at the fan-voted 2024 CMT Awards, which air April 7 on CBS
‘Can’t wait to work with this fantastic cast, and with the whole team behind it. It’s @reba I mean come on I’m so lucky! So many, many, many people to thank – I’ve probably thanked you already- If I haven’t [please] bug me.’
Unsurprisingly, Reba cast her real-life leading man since 2020 – Young Sheldon actor Rex Linn – to play soft-spoken cook Emmett in the pilot immediately after he acted in her projects Big Sky and Reba McEntire’s The Hammer.
McEntire originally met the 67-year-old actor – who like her graduated from college in Oklahoma – in 1991 on the set of NBC’s four-quel flick The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw.
The Super Bowl LVIII performer mothered a 34-year-old son Shelby (as well as stepchildren Chassidy, Shawna, and Brandon) during her 26-year marriage to former manager Narvel Blackstock, which ended in 2015.
Reba – who gets 2.8M monthly listeners on Spotify – currently coaches the 25th season of The Voice, which airs Mondays and Tuesdays on NBC.
For her song Seven Minutes In Heaven, McEntire will next compete for female video of the year trophy at the fan-voted 2024 CMT Awards, which air April 7 on CBS.
The Golden Globe nominee faces heavy competition against Ashley McBryde, Gabby Barrett, Kacey Musgraves, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, and Megan Moroney.