Pleased’s Place has loved maintaining it within the TV household by casting quite a few stars from Reba McEntire‘s previous sitcom Reba.
Reba, which aired from 2001 to 2007, starred McEntire, Melissa Peterman, Christopher Wealthy, JoAnna Garcia Swisher and Steve Howey. Almost 20 years later, McEntire and Peterman reunited with former Reba government producer Kevin Abbott on Pleased’s Place.
“We’re new characters. It’s a brand new time and it’s totally different. However these core issues that you just beloved about it are there. It does really feel actually totally different [though],” Peterman completely advised Us Weekly in October 2024. “So far as attempting to harness the issues that [Reba fans] love — just like the chemistry that now we have — that’s there it doesn’t matter what. We’re simply new characters. And Barbra Jean [from Reba] was pressured on Reba as a result of she married her ex-husband. Gabby is there as a result of she’s her buddy.”
Peterman applauded Pleased’s Place for locating a method to “hold the magic” with out copying the identical sitcom construction.
“The opposite huge distinction is actual life household and the truth of blended households,” she famous. “Pleased’s Place is all about discovering household at work, and Belissa [Escobedo’s] character can also be discovering a household that she didn’t know existed and figuring that out. You’ll really feel that very same heat feeling however you’re gonna it’s new.”
Her costar Howey felt the identical method when he joined for a possible multi-episode arc. “Kevin had this concept for this character forward of time. After which he was like, ‘What if Howey would do it? That might be actually nice to get a reunion going.’ I match the character description, so he gave me a name,” Howey recalled to Us two months later. “The planets simply aligned on this one.”
He continued: “Now after 20 some years, I can convey totally different experiences to the characters that I play. Additionally the character relationships — as a result of Pleased’s Place is a brand new factor — are totally different. Sure, it’s Reba and Melissa, however the characters are totally different. Bobbie is loads totally different than Reba. Gabby is loads totally different than Barbara Jean, and Danny’s clearly totally different.”
Hold scrolling to see which Reba alums have reunited on Pleased’s Place up to now:
