Reba Sitcom alumni who appeared in Reba McEntire’s Happy’s Place

Happy place I enjoyed keeping it in the TV family by casting so many stars from it Reba McEntirePast sitcom Reba.

Rebawhich aired from 2001 to 2007, and starred McIntyre, Melissa Peterman, Christopher Rich, Joanna Garcia Swisher and Steve Howe. Nearly two decades later, McIntyre and Peterman Reunited with his ex Reba executive project Kevin Abbott on Happy place.

“We’re new characters. It’s a new time and it’s different. But those core things I loved about it are there. It feels really different (though),” Peterman said exclusively. Us Weekly In October 2024. “As much as we try to harness the things that (Reba’s fans) love — like the chemistry we have — that’s there no matter what. We’re just new characters. And Barbara Jane (from RIBA) had to leave RIBA because she married her ex-husband. Gabby is there because she is her friend.

Peterman applauded Happy place In order to find a way”Keep the magic“Without copying the same sitcom structure.

She pointed out that “the other big difference is real family life and the reality of mixed families.” “Happy place It’s all about finding a family at work, and Belesa (Escobedo) The character is also about finding a family she didn’t know existed and finding out. You will feel the same warm feeling but it will feel new.

Her colleague Howie I felt the same way When he joined a potential multi-episode arc. “Kevin had this idea for this character early on. Then he said, ‘What if Howie did that? That would be really cool to have the reunion go on. I fit the description of the character, so he called me,'” Howie recalls. we After two months. “The planets just aligned on this.”

He continued: “Now that 20 years have passed, I can bring different experiences to the characters I play. Also personal relationships – because Happy place It is something new – different. Yes, they’re Reba and Melissa, but the characters are different. Bobby is very different from Reba. Gabby is very different from Barbara Jean, and Danny is clearly different.

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