ARebaReunion! Steve Howey Set to Appear on Reba McEntire's New SeriesHappy’s Place

Mar. 15, 2025

The cast of ‘Reba.’ From left: Steve Howey, Joanna Garcia, Scarlett Pomers, Reba McEntire, Mitch Holleman, Christopher Rich and Melissa Peterman.Photo:Fox Television / Courtesy Everett

Fox Television / Courtesy Everett

The gang’s getting back together.

From left: Reba McEntire, Joanna Garcia Swisher and Steve Howey on ‘Reba’ in 2001.20 CENTURY FOX/Cinematic/Alamy Stock Photo

20 CENTURY FOX/Cinematic/Alamy Stock Photo

OnReba, Howey, now 47, played Reba Hart’s son-in-law Van Montgomery, who marries her daughter Cheyenne (JoAnna Garcia Swisher) after she becomes pregnant as a teen. The beloved series ran from 2001 to 2007 and also starred Christopher Rich, Scarlett Pomers and Mitch Holleman.

From left: Melissa Peterman and Reba McEntire on ‘Happy’s Place’ in 2024.Casey Durkin/NBC

Casey Durkin/NBC

Meanwhile Garcia Swisher, 45, told PEOPLE in Julyshe would be happy to appear onHappy’s Place. “A hundred percent, I would do the show,” she said. “But more importantly, I’m just excited to go watch the show because I am really excited for all of them. It’s going to be great.”

McEntire and Peterman spoke to PEOPLEabout their new series on the Emmys red carpet back in September.

“I think that the chemistry that we have, that dynamic, it’s there, so we’re bringing that toHappy’s Place,” Peterman said. “We have new characters, it’s a new situation, so the chemistry is still there. It’s that same dynamic that people want to see. We talked about it, that we’ve been waiting a long time, and this time feels right. It feels like we were waiting for the right cast, the right time, and we’re ready.”

McEntire joked about their reunion, “When we were auditioning everybody she happened to be at the front of the line, I don’t know why she was.”

Peterman told PEOPLEearlier this month that McEntire and Linn,who began dating in 2020, are “adorable” on set together. “We’re taking a five-minute break or we’re having breakfast or lunch and you look over and we have a bar set — it takes place at Happy’s Place — and you look over and they’re in a booth at the bar,” she said. “And it looks like they’re legitimately on a date at a restaurant just sitting together being so adorably cute.”

Happy’s Placepremieres Oct. 18 on NBC.

source: people.com