Fans of the classic early 2000s series Reba will soon get a taste of the good old days thanks to a new sitcom coming to NBC whose pilot will feature Reba McEntire and Melissa Peterman reuniting on the small screen. In the plot of Reba, Peterman played “the other woman,” Barbara Jean Hart, who had an affair with the husband of Reba’s character.
Here, their dynamic will be rather different. After six seasons together on Reba, which ended in 2007, Peterman and McEntire will play restaurant staff contending with a change in ownership and family secrets transforming life entirely.
Reba McEntire and Melissa Peterman are reuniting in an upcoming NBC sitcom
Currently, the upcoming sitcom has no title but NBC did have some details to share back in January. Reba’s character is Bobbie, who not only finds herself inheriting her father’s restaurant but also learns she has a business partner she must work with. The catch? This business partner is a half-sister she’s never heard of.
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As for Peterman, she’s Gabby, a bartender at that same restaurant who, for all her theatrics, would have loved to be in the position of Bobbie’s long-lost sibling.
“She is a bit needy and dramatic and would have loved to be Bobbie’s sister,” the official description reveals.
The series will also feature Belissa Escobedo of Hocus Pocus 2 fame playing the surprise sister Isabella. She is “thrilled to start working at the tavern and is full of ‘great’ ideas about how to bring it to life.” She’ll be bringing her experience as a psychology student everywhere she goes, the better to not miss a chance to psychoanalyze people.
Reba McEntire and Melissa Peterman have been reuniting as rivals and sisters and coworkers, but also always friends
Audiences followed the messy relationship between Reba’s Reba Hart and Melissa’s Barbara Jean Hart. Then they got to relive the fun again last year in the Lifetime movie The Hammer, which saw them play sisters caught up in a murder plot.
Their characters don’t always have the best relationship – at least not at first – but through whatever plot they’re throw into, McEntire and Peterman have maintained a steadfast friendship. The describe themselves as very different, which makes it all the more remarkable that work helped them cross paths.
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“I don’t think in any other world we would’ve met,” mused Peterman. “I met her on the show and we’ve been friends ever since.”
Likewise, McEntire has nothing but praise for Peterman. “She’s easy to break character and get me to laugh,” said McEntire. “She’s always trying to break me and she does it a lot.” Their antics never stop, even when the cameras do. “We love to act together, we love to hang out together. We rented a house and all of us we’re in the house together — my bunch and Melissa — and it was just the best. I had the most wonderful experience getting to shoot this movie.”
Will you be catching this new series?
