{"id":11273,"date":"2026-03-20T00:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=11273"},"modified":"2026-03-20T00:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:32:11","slug":"fans-are-getting-emotional-as-the-cast-of-reba-reunites-and-it-feels-like-stepping-straight-back-into-a-memory-you-didnt-realize-you-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=11273","title":{"rendered":"Fans are getting emotional as the cast of Reba reunites \u2014 and it feels like stepping straight back into a memory you didn\u2019t realize you missed."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cA single mom who works two jobs, who loves her kids, and never stops\u201d just reunited with her long-lost TV daughter.<\/p>\n

Nineteen years since\u00a0Reba<\/em>\u00a0went off the air,\u00a0Reba McEntire\u00a0is once again sharing the small screen with\u00a0JoAnna Garcia Swisher, who played her eldest child Cheyenne for six seasons on the popular sitcom.<\/p>\n

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The 46-year-old actress guest stars on the March 13 episode of McEntire\u2019s NBC comedy\u00a0Happy\u2019s Place<\/em>\u00a0as Kenzie, an influencer hired to promote the eponymous Tennessee bar on social media \u2014 and their first scene together playfully nods at their TV family bond.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhoa, you could be my daughter,\u201d remarks McEntire\u2019s character Bobbie, the owner of Happy\u2019s Place, when she meets Kenzie.<\/p>\n

The guest role reunites Garcia Swisher not only with McEntire but also\u00a0Reba<\/em>\u2018s Melissa Peterman, who plays Gabby, a bartender at Happy\u2019s Place. And the trio picked up right where they left off nearly two decades ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like riding a bicycle, we just fell right back into it,\u201d McEntire gushed to\u00a0Entertainment Tonight<\/em>. \u201cWe just had such a great time on the\u00a0Reba<\/em>\u00a0show, and for Jo to join Mel and me again here on\u00a0Happy\u2019s Place<\/em>\u00a0is just icing on the cake.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Melissa Peterman, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, and Reba McEntire.<\/span>Casey Durkin\/NBC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Garcia Swisher, who stars on her own show, Netflix\u2019s\u00a0Sweet Magnolias<\/em>, got emotional talking about what it was like reconnecting with McEntire and Peterman.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been beautiful,\u201d she said in the same interview. \u201cIt\u2019s really been very heartwarming \u2026 coming back, it\u2019s family.\u201d<\/p>\n

And it wouldn\u2019t be complete without her TV husband, Steve Howey,\u00a0Reba<\/em>\u2018s affable goof Van Montgomery.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe might have crank called [him],\u201d Peterman admitted. \u201cWe\u2019ve annoyed Steve Howey so much these last few days,\u201d added Garcia Swisher. \u201cHe\u2019s like, \u2018I never want you guys to spend this much time together.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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The cast of \u2018Reba\u2019.<\/span>Fox Television \/ Courtesy Everett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Howey also guest starred on\u00a0Happy\u2019s Place<\/em>\u00a0in its first season, playing Danny, a wealthy businessman who Gabby meets at a dog park. Hilarity ensued when she pretended to be Bobbie in an effort to impress him \u2014 until Danny shows up at the bar.<\/p>\n

Happy\u2019s Place<\/em>\u00a0may not be the last place\u00a0Reba<\/em>\u00a0fans see the three actresses together on screen.<\/p>\n

Garcia Swisher hopes McEntire and Peterman will one day appear on\u00a0Sweet Magnolias<\/em>. \u201cWe\u2019d love to,\u201d McEntire agreed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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