Reba McEntire Plots Sitcom Comeback!....This Time With ABC - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 09-09-2011, 10:09 PM

Reba McEntire is returning to TV with Malibu Country, a multicamera comedy starring and executive produced by the country star/actress. ABC has handed out a put pilot commitment to the project, which reunites McEntire with key auspices of her successful 2001 the WB sitcom Reba. Former Reba showrunner Kevin Abbott will write Malibu Country and will executive produce with former Reba executive producers McEntire, Mindy Schultheis & Michael Hanel. In Malibu Country, after her “good ol boy” rock star husband cheats on her and burns through most of their money, Reba (McEntire) divorces him and moves her family from Nashville to the only asset she has left — a little house in Malibu. There she’ll try to reignite her own singing career and keep herself and her three kids from being corrupted by the materialistic and rarefied Malibu world she now calls home. Also exec producing the ABC Studios sitcom are McEntire’s manager Narvel Blackstock; Dave Stewart, formerly of the Eurythmics; and Laura Ziskin Prods’ Pam Williams. This marks the first sale for Schultheis and Hanel’s Acme Prods, which recently inked a deal with ABC Studios. ABC has been bringing back to the fold veteran TV comedy stars including Tim Allen, who stars in new comedy series Last Man Standing this fall, Kirstie Alley, who is toplining a pilot, and now McEntire.

http://www.deadline.com/2011/09/abc-...t/#more-168918

Marvo301 · 09-09-2011, 10:25 PM

Why does Reba always play divorced women? Anyway it will be good to see her back on TV!

Coffeecup · 09-10-2011, 10:29 AM

Another show about having tough times. Well I guess that's what life is about now.

Lorimar Television · 07-13-2020, 07:10 PM

I did watch this when it was on but it def had alot of similarities to Reba.

JO Sweet Heart · 08-02-2020, 01:22 PM

To me, this show deserved one more season if it couldn't go any further than that. Last Man Standing went through a lot of changes after its first season and so if it was able to stick around as long as it has been on, Malibu Country could've lasted longer too.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

09-09-2011, 10:09 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,108	Reba McEntire Plots Sitcom Comeback!....This Time With ABC Reba McEntire is returning to TV with Malibu Country, a multicamera comedy starring and executive produced by the country star/actress. ABC has handed out a put pilot commitment to the project, which reunites McEntire with key auspices of her successful 2001 the WB sitcom Reba. Former Reba showrunner Kevin Abbott will write Malibu Country and will executive produce with former Reba executive producers McEntire, Mindy Schultheis & Michael Hanel. In Malibu Country, after her “good ol boy” rock star husband cheats on her and burns through most of their money, Reba (McEntire) divorces him and moves her family from Nashville to the only asset she has left — a little house in Malibu. There she’ll try to reignite her own singing career and keep herself and her three kids from being corrupted by the materialistic and rarefied Malibu world she now calls home. Also exec producing the ABC Studios sitcom are McEntire’s manager Narvel Blackstock; Dave Stewart, formerly of the Eurythmics; and Laura Ziskin Prods’ Pam Williams. This marks the first sale for Schultheis and Hanel’s Acme Prods, which recently inked a deal with ABC Studios. ABC has been bringing back to the fold veteran TV comedy stars including Tim Allen, who stars in new comedy series Last Man Standing this fall, Kirstie Alley, who is toplining a pilot, and now McEntire. http://www.deadline.com/2011/09/abc-...t/#more-168918
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Marvo301 I'm NOT a Blockhead! Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 21,450	Why does Reba always play divorced women? Anyway it will be good to see her back on TV!
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Lorimar Television Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 06, 2007 Posts: 7,034	I did watch this when it was on but it def had alot of similarities to Reba.
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JO Sweet Heart Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 11, 2012 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 7,821	To me, this show deserved one more season if it couldn't go any further than that. Last Man Standing went through a lot of changes after its first season and so if it was able to stick around as long as it has been on, Malibu Country could've lasted longer too. God bless you always!!! Holly
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09-10-2011, 10:29 AM	#3
Coffeecup coffeecup. Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 17, 2003 Location: snoozeville Posts: 3,175	Another show about having tough times. Well I guess that's what life is about now.