Reba McEntire has been an entertainment icon across the past 50 years, and is somehow as busy as she’s ever been, leading two series centered squarely on NBC’s Fall TV schedule . Now in her third season among The Voice ’s coaching quartet , the country queen is now also starring in the bar-set sitcom Happy’s Place . The family-friendly comedy reteams her with Melissa Peterman and their former boss Kevin Abbott, who talked to CinemaBlend about how well McEntire handled the complicated filming schedule.
Considering The Voice pretapes the bulk of its season, from the auditions through the quarterfinals, before jumping into two weeks of live episodes, that production schedule can be a long and arduous one for all involved. So it’s bonkers that Reba McEntire signed on for another series while still holding down the fort on the singing competition. And when I asked Happy’s Place creator Kevin Abbott if there were scheduling issues, he jokingly looked at me like I just asked if water was wet, saying: We get Reba half the time, and then we get an animatronic Reba the rest of the time.
Her schedule — she is the busiest person in the world. I was pitching her a story the other day in her in a dressing room, and I was like, 'You know, the bad thing about this is you're the only person I can't complain to about how busy I am.' It doesn't work.
I don't know if she sleeps, you know? The woman is crazy. I can imagine that sitting down in one of The Voice 's chairs for so many .
