The new show Happy’s Place, starring Mellissa Peterman and Reba McEntire, and other cast members from the hit early 2000s show Reba, is leaving fans disappointed, and begging for a reboot. The old cast isn’t preoccupied with other projects at the moment, leaving them the time to become main characters again, instead of just guest stars. Steve Howey hasn’t been occupied with a large project since playing Kevin Ball on Shameless and is even rumored to become a main Happy’s Place character. JoAnna Garcia, who played Cheyenne Montgomery, just stopped working on Sweet Magnolias back in June 2024. Writer Kevin Abbot is trying to get her on Happy’s Place since she’s no longer busy with bigger projects. “Steve’s our first one up, and we’re trying to figure out how to bring JoAnna in,” Abbot said.
It just makes no sense why the cast is all back together, or available to film, but can’t do a much-wanted Reba reboot. Some could say the reason for a reboot not happening is because they don’t have Kyra or Jake. While Scarlet Palmers gave up acting, and Mitch Hollman hasn’t appeared in anything since 2018 the show wasn’t ever centered around them. Everything seemed to revolve around Reba taking care of Cheyenne and Van’s problems. Although now, they would be much older adults and probably taking care of themselves better. So the reboot could focus on Cheyenne, Van, and their two kids; Elizabeth, and the son Cheyenne was pregnant with at the end of season 5.
A possible reboot would have the fans to be watched and successful with 8.7 million viewers tuning in for the finale in 2007, and an average of 3 million viewers per episode according to Rating Graph. According to Google reviews, people even liked Reba more than Happy’s Place with a 3.1-star rating compared to Reba’s 4.6-star rating. Fans were so excited when ads for the new show Happy’s Place were released because some confused it for a Reba reboot and rumors of a reboot were also started. Many were extremely disappointed when they found out it was a whole different show. Some even decided to give Happy’s Place a chance, and were then more disappointed.
A possible issue is the idea that the reboot would be as good as the original. I think it would still be very successful and get fans super excited. People crave that early 2000s nostalgia. After all, isn’t entertainment about giving the people things they want to see? “We want a Reba reboot” we’ve all been chanting in unison. Unfortunately, fans have been left unheard and left to the mercy of Kevin Abbot. Subjected to his unwanted idea to bring all the old cast back together on a completely different and irrelevant show instead of giving the people what they’ve been begging for. All fans can hope for now is that someone in Hollywood will find their brains, and give us our reboot.
