The two starred on McEntrie’s sitcom “Reba” on The CW from 2001 to 2007.
Unto every television generation, aReba McEntiresitcom must come.
Peterman learned that Peacock had picked up the show duringan interview withEntertainment Tonight.
Melissa Peterman and Reba McEntire.Jason Kempin/Getty
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“Amazing!”
Peterman said when she heard the news.
“I get to work with Reba and our team and I’m so excited!”
Reba McEntire and Melissa Peterman in ‘Reba’.Fox Television/Courtesy Everett Collection
In short, she was a survivor.
While Peterman played the younger woman her husband knocks up and leaves her for.
Though they may have been rivals onscreen, Peterman and McEntire became good friends in real life.
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“She’s like coming home,” Peterman said of the country legend.
I think I knew that when we started sharing real-life stuff, that it was forever.
I know she’s got my back whether we ever work together again.
She is on my side always, and she knows I’m on hers."
Peterman plays Gabby, a bartender at the restaurant.
“The dynamic is gonna be that dynamic that we have, that natural one.”
Peterman revealed that she takes “a little credit” in setting up the two.
And now they all get to play together.
