Reba McEntire’s New 2024 Sitcom Got The Best News With A Full Season Order
The new Reba McEntire sitcom has gotten a full-season order. The well-rounded performer began her career as a country music artist in the mid-1970s, earning 25 No. 1 singles over the course of her career, including “Can’t Even Get the Blues,” “How Blue,” “Little Rock,” and “The Last One to Know.” In addition to her music career, which led her to become a host on The Voice, she has also had a robust career as an actress in projects including Tremors, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, yubi, and her long-running sitcom Reba.
In the classic sitcom, McEntire played a single mother whose life was in disarray after her husband had a child with his mistress and her pregnant teen daughter got married. It ran for six seasons, with the first five airing on The WB and the final season airing on the newly rebranded The CW. The Reba cast also included Christopher Rich, Joanna García, Steve Howey, Scarlett Pomers, Mitch Holleman, and Melissa Peterman.
More Happy’s Place Episodes Are Coming
The New Reba McEntire Show Airs On NBC
Happy’s Place season 1 has earned more episodes. The new NBC sitcom stars Reba McEntire as Bobbie, who is bequeathed half of a bar in her father’s will and decides to run it with her much younger half-sister Isabella (Belissa Escobedo), who inherited the other half. The ensemble cast of the show also includes Melissa Peterman, Rex Linn, Pablo Castelblanco, and Tokala Black Elk. Happy’s Place reviews have earned the show a solidly Fresh 70% Rotten Tomatoes score at the time of writing.
Happy’s Place was created by Julie and Kevin Abbott, the latter of whom has been an executive producer or producer on sitcoms including Roseanne, The Golden Girls, Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place, Cristela, and Last Man Standing.
Per Deadline, Happy’s Place has been given a full-season order by NBC. The full-season order will increase its run by five episodes, bringing the season 1 to a full 18 episodes. This announcement was made the day before episode 6, “Happy’s House,” is set to air, meaning that it was not even halfway through its original 13-episode order at the time the decision was made, likely owing to the show’s ratings success and the fact that it earned the best-ever comedy series debut on NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock.
What This Means For Happy’s Place
The Show’s Future Looks Bright
A full-season order in season 1 is not necessarily an indication that a show will continue for another season or not. For instance, the long-running U.S. sitcom The Office only ran for six episodes in its first season. However, Happy’s Place season 2 could very well be renewed sooner rather than later given this early sign of success, especially if the new Reba McEntire show can keep up its current ratings through the end of its now 18-episode run.
Source: Deadline
