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Reba McEntire and Melissa Peterman reunite at the 2024 Emmys and give a sneak peek of their new show

Reba McEntire and Melissa Peterman reunite at the 2024 Emmys and give a sneak peek of their new show

Together again!

Former “Reba” co-stars Reba McEntire and Melissa Peterman reunited on the red carpet of the 2024 Emmys at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

The couple spoke with E! News' Laverne Cox and gave a sneak peek at their dynamic on their upcoming NBC sitcom “Happy's Place,” which premieres next month.

Melissa Peterman and Reba McEntire at the 2024 Emmy Awards. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Reba McEntire at the 2024 Emmy Awards. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

“I think it's pretty much the same,” McEntire, 69, said on the carpet.

“I think we have such great chemistry, we get along so well,” said Peterman, 53. “We're playing new characters in a new situation, but what we have together, that back and forth, is still there and exists. It's been so much fun.”

McEntire said: “It's great fun to be working together again. After the 'Reba' show, I was on tour and she came on tour with me and we did a little something in the middle of the show. She got more applause for that than I ever did.”

The cast of “Reba”. Fox Television / Courtesy of the Everett Collection

The duo also gushed about the friendship they have built over the years.

“We vacationed together. We raised our children together,” McEntire said. “We've known each other for a long time.”

Melissa Peterman, Reba McEntire at the 2024 Emmy Awards. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

When asked about the “wildest” story they told from their vacation, McEntire joked, “We can't. We'd get kicked out.”

“Ask me to come back and I'll tell you a lot,” Peterman added. “Karaoke. Margaritas.”

Melissa Peterman and Reba McEntire at the 2024 Emmys. Getty Images

McEntire also confirmed that her boyfriend Rex Linn will appear in “Happy's Place,” possibly as her lover.

“That's a possibility. Maybe like in season 7. Maybe,” she said.

Reba McEntire at the Emmys. Getty Images

“Reba” aired from 2001 to 2006 on The WB and then on The CW.

The series is about a “single mother who works too hard” (McEntire) who takes care of her three children during a divorce.

In the Houston-set comedy, Christopher Rich also played the role of her ex-husband, who leaves Reba for his pregnant dental hygienist Barbara (Peterman).

Reba McEntire at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

“Happy's Place” received a pilot order in January.

In the upcoming series, McEntire will reteam with her old “Reba” showrunner Kevin Abbott, who will produce and write the script.

McEntire plays Bobbie, a woman who inherits her father's bar after his death.

Belissa Escobedo will also appear in the new show.

“Happy's Place” premieres on NBC on October 18.

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