Reba McEntire and Melissa Peterman are working together again in a new sitcom called Happy’s Place, and the show that debuts on NBC tonight at 8p lives up to its title.
Bobbie’s (Reba) father just passed away, and the lawyer is coming over to read the will as the bar she shared with her late dad. She thinks she knows everything that is included in the will, but she is in for a big surprise.
Isabella (Belissa Escobedo) is also there to hear the will read, and she doesn’t know why. It turns out that Bobbie and her are half-sisters, and now they each own half of the bar.
Bobbie is not happy (but then again, she never is) to learn that their father had an affair and that she has to share the bar she devoted her life to with some woman she does not know.
Maybe it won’t be that bad, right? Wrong! Isabella wants to make changes, and Bobbie likes things the way they are.
Even though they are sisters, they are polar opposites. That is going to make things even harder for them to get to know each other from in front of and behind the bar.
Thankfully, they have help from the bar staff. Gabby (Peterman) is Bobbie’s friend and works behind the bar, serving drinks. Well, she is more of a friend to Bobbie than the other way around, and she wishes they could be closer.
However, not as close as Emmett (Rex Linn) was to Bobbie. Along with being the cook, he is also her ex.
They are like a family, and for Bobbie, it means getting a new family member. How will they adapt to Isabella joining their tribe? We will have to tune in every week to find out.
Happy’s Place is created by Kevin Abbott, who worked the singer on Reba and Malibu Country. And with that, you know we have a winner on our hands. The two of them are magic together. Plus. The show lets Reba work with her good friend Peterman again, and her real-life boyfriend plays her ex.
The chemistry was there before they even started working together. That makes this series even more special.
What truly makes it special is all the laughs it delivers. And who doesn’t need to laugh on Fridays after a long week of work?
