Reba McEntire.Photo:Casey Durkin/NBC via Getty
Casey Durkin/NBC via Getty
Reba McEntireis headed back to television with a brand new sitcom!
On Monday, NBCUniversal announced that the country singer, 68, will helm an untitled pilot for a multi-camera sitcom, more than a decade after her last leading role on a series.
“Reba inherits her father’s restaurant and is less than thrilled to discover that she has a new business partner in the half-sister she never knew she had,” the logline reads.
In addition to starring on the sitcom, McEntire will executive produce alongside her formerRebaEPs Kevin Abbott, Michael Hanel and Mindy Schultheis. Julie Abbott will also executive produce the sitcom.
NBC did not indicate that any other other episodes have been ordered for the NBC comedy yet, nor has filming begun.
Reba McEntire.NBC Universal
Over 20 years ago, the “I’m a Survivor” artist took on the role of a middle-aged Texan and newly turned single mom coming to terms with the end of her marriage following her husband’s infidelity and her daughter’s teen pregnancy inReba. The Emmy-nominated sitcom ran for six seasons on The WB and The CW from 2001 to 2007.
McEntire also starred on ABC’sBig Skyduring the show’s third season, which aired in September 2022, and currently serves as a coach on NBC’sThe Voice.The singing competition series is preparing to kick off its 25th season on Feb. 26, which will be McEntire’s second as a coach.
McEntire has been vocal about her hopes for aRebareboot in the years following the original series.
“We’ve really been trying hard to do a reboot of theRebashow,” she confessed. “I really want to work with the people that I got to work with during that six and a half years.”
McEntire also spoke of the series' cast, which also included Christopher Rich as Reba’s ex-husband Brock Enroll Hart andMelissa Petermanas his new girlfriend-turned-wife Barbra Jean Hart (née Booker).
“It was fun, the cast the crew everybody we got to work with and play with, they were wonderful people,” she said. “We wanted to get back together like a reunion and have fun, so hopefully that will happen one day.”
Reba McEntire, Melissa Peterman and Dolly Parton on ‘Reba’.Getty Images
She wasn’t the only cast member calling for the show’s resurrection.
JoAnna Garcia Swisherspoke about working with McEntire and the idea of rebooting the beloved series in an interview onThe Art of Kindnesspodcast in February 2022.
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On the topic of bringing backReba, Swisher said at the time, “Are you kidding me? We’d love to do!”
source: people.com
