Reba McEntire and Melissa Peterman So happy for the world to see their new sitcom, happy place.
McEntire, 69, and her longtime friend and co-star, 51, spoke about reuniting after more than 17 years on the latest series during a Television Critics Association panel on Sunday. Reba to the end. Although it’s been nearly two decades since the actresses brought Reba Hart and Barbara Jean Hart to life in the Warner Bros. comedy, they say it feels like no time has passed.
“It’s as simple as riding a bike,” Peterman told the room, and McEntire shook his head in agreement. Peterman continued, “We never really left each other. I mean, the show ended and we’ve been friends ever since.”
The two have also appeared together in films such as “Young Sheldon” “Hammer” and baby daddy in the years since Reba it’s over.
also from Reba Executive producer Kevin Abbott had the difficult but entertaining challenge of transforming an off-screen best friend and an on-screen friend with a complicated history into two entirely new characters with a whole new relationship.
When asked how they plan to not “fall back” on the classic Reba and Barbara Jean joke, the ladies shared that they’ll never be able to completely get over it (mostly because that’s how they are in real life ), but they left it to executive producers to shape new relationships on the show. Peterman plays a bartender at Happy House, the establishment co-owned by McEntire’s character.
“We’re totally reliant on the writing,” McEntire said, to which Peterman responded, “The pressure is all on Kevin.”
The show also marks McEntire’s successful return to situation comedy, which she told viewers she’s more than happy to do.
“I love the situation comedy genre. Of all the things I get to do, this is my favorite,” sound the coach said. “Being able to work with these guys, that’s the icing on the cake.”
happy place There are also stars trick 2 and blue beetle Stars Belisa Escobedo, McEntire’s real-life boyfriend Rex Lynn, Pablo Casteblanco and Tokara Black Elk. The show tells the story of Bobby, played by McEntire, who returns to her hometown to take over a bar after the death of her father, only to find that she must run it with her half-sister Isabella (Escobedo). bar, and she had never heard of Isabella.
in May, ET interviews McEntire on one of the red carpets sound, In it, she talks about the show, albeit briefly, without much detail.
“The cast is great. We’re excited,” she said. “We shot the pilot and everyone was like, ‘You know, this is like the first episode of Season 2, not a pilot, and that’s how I felt. Everybody just gelled together, everybody got along. It’s pretty good and the writing is great, so I really enjoyed it.
On Sunday, Abbott revealed that they would be reworking the pilot to take the show in a different direction. However, the cast and crew did promise that the changes would only make the show more interesting and better moving forward.
Before Reba’s interview in May, Peterman shared her own thoughts with ET Reunited with McEntire, he said it felt “like coming home.”
“I think in this industry, we have a lot of Hollywood friends, and you also have friends who only share good things with you,” Peterman described, her eyes tearing up in April. “I think I knew that when we started sharing real life stuff, it was forever. I knew she would have my back – whether we worked together again or not, she was always on my side and she knew I [on] her.
happy place Premiering Friday, October 18 at 8pm on NBC
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