Reba McEntire is repeating the most iconic part of the 2001 television sitcom, Reba, in her new comedy premiering this fall on NBC.
Reba was all-around iconic in its own right, produced by and starring McEntire as a middle-aged Texan woman.
Of the same first name who’s dealt the hand of single motherhood after her husband Brock leaves for a younger woman.
With the celebrated country singer and actress in the lead and Reba’s cast of characters to help tell and often challenge the single mother’s story.
The Reba series was equipped with a clever balance of laughs, love, and drama.
Reba scored multiple Primetime Emmy nominations and landed McEntire a People’s Choice Award win and a Golden Globe nomination.
Decades later, the TV sitcom is still proving its value, with hope for the possibility of a Reba revival ever present among its fans and cast members. While updates on a potential revival are not very promising, McEntire will star in and is an executive producer of what’s looking to be a suitable Reba replacement series that, at the very least, is duplicating one iconic characteristic of the star’s beloved 2001 TV sitcom.
Later this fall, McEntire will lead the cast of NBC’s TV series Happy’s Place, playing a woman who inherits a restaurant from her late father that she must share with her newly discovered half-sister. The upcoming sitcom already seems like a great show to watch post-Reba because it shares a family-oriented storyline and sets up an exciting Reba reunion with a cast update that confirmed Melissa Peterson, who played Brock’s mistress Barabara Jean Hart, for a role in Happy’s Place. Moreover, Happy’s Place will borrow McEntire’s signature croon for its theme song, just like Reba had all those years ago.
Reba used an altered version of McEntire’s inspiring country single “I’m a Survivor” to set the tone for its just as inspirational story of surviving single motherhood. McEntire is similarly lending her voice to help establish the mood for Happy’s Place, passionately admitting to People, “Oh, definitely. I’ll be singing the theme song.” With McEntire’s musicality retained, the theme song of Happy’s Place will, in all likelihood, be another heartwarming country tune that doesn’t just encapsulate the premise of the series but becomes one of its best-loved features.
No matter how much of an advantage it has with McEntire at its helm, The Happy’s Place theme song may always fall second to “I’m a Survivor.” Along with fronting the Reba TV series, “I’m a Survivor” was a country music hit and surfed Billboard’s Hot 100 and Hot Country charts for dozens of weeks in 2001. Like the Reba sitcom, the theme song is still relevant today, especially, of late, to younger generations, who’ve grown an incredible fondness for the song after it went viral on social media not too long ago.
Dubbed the “I’m a Survivor” challenge, social media users have taken to TikTok to convey the hilarious things that make them a “survivor.” Most often, those things are annoying grievances and responsibilities – like doing house chores – that TikTok users act out to the song’s lyrics: “A single mom who works two jobs. Who loves her kids and never stops. With gentle hands and the heart of a fighter. I’m a survivor.” The trend proves how timeless the Reba tune has become, and its popularity will be a big challenge for the theme song of Happy’s Place to meet or surpass.
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Source: New York Post
