Reba McEntire’s NBC series Happy’s Place has allowed her and Melissa Peterman to reunite with several of their Reba costars — but who from the hit sitcom hasn’t made a cameo yet?
Reba, which aired from 2001 to 2007, starred McEntire, Peterman, Christopher Rich, JoAnna Garcia Swisher and Steve Howey. The show followed a single mom who had to start over after her husband left her for another woman. Reba (McEntire) attempted to start fresh while raising three kids — including her pregnant teen daughter (Garcia Swisher) and her boyfriend (Howey).
Nearly two decades later, McEntire and Peterman reunited with former Reba executive producer Kevin Abbott on Happy’s Place. This allowed them to cast some familiar faces in their new sitcom, which centers around Bobbie (McEntire) as she inherits her father’s restaurant and discovers a new business partner in the long-lost half-sister (Belissa Escobedo).
“It would be fun to have any and all Reba participants — whether they’re a cast member or a guest,” Peterman exclusively told Us Weekly in March 2025. “It would be so much fun, and we would love to have all of them.”
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Season 1 introduced Us to Peterman’s character Gabby, who is a bartender on Happy’s Place after the actress previously played Barbra Jean on Reba. Howey, meanwhile, rose to stardom playing Van on Reba before making a guest appearance on Happy’s Place as Gabby’s rich friend. Rich originally played Brock on Reba and then crossed paths with McEntire and Peterman while playing a tattoo artist on Happy’s Place.
After NBC renewed Happy’s Place, viewers were on the edge of their seats to see how future seasons would top the existing Reba cameos. Keep scrolling to see which Reba alums have yet to make a guest appearance:
JoAnna Garcia Swisher
Following her stint as McEntire’s onscreen daughter on Reba, Garcia Swisher is expected to be involved in Happy’s Place in some way.
“JoAnna is so busy. She’s producing, she’s got three movies and she’s [working on] Sweet Magnolias. So she is a very busy lady but she said she’d definitely be there,” McEntire exclusively confirmed to Us in May.
McEntire noted that she was thrilled at how many of her former costars already found the time to make an appearance, adding, “Melissa Peterman, JoAnna and Steve Howey have been very busy. To get to bring Steve in already for our Christmas episode and to bring Chris back in — that was the most special.”
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Scarlett Pomers
The Reba sitcom introduced Us to Pomers, who played Reba’s daughter Kyra. Pomers ultimately took a break from acting for a decade before returning to the public eye in 2024.
“Scarlett as Kyra was just incredibly and comedically gifted. I know we would love to see JoAnna Garcia and I think she just saw Reba recently,” Peterman told Us in March 2025. “So I hope Reba was like, ‘When you are available?’”
Mitch Holleman
Holleman portrayed McEntire’s onscreen son, Jake, before appearing on an episode of Shake It Up. More recently, Holleman was the cohost of the “Extremely Internet” podcast and worked behind the scenes on production sets.
