July 21 - 27, 2024
Airing live from the Seine on NBC and Peacock Friday, July 26, the Paris 2024 Olympics kick off with a first-of-its-kind outdoor opening ceremony.
Mike Tirico hosts the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics
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BY JAY BOBBIN
Reba McEntire OF HAPPY’S PLACE ON NBC Q: I’ve seen ads for Reba McEntire’s new show coming this fall. When was her first series originally on the air? A: Soon to return in the sitcom “Happy’s Place” on NBC, the country-music icon has had a place in series television for quite a while, and that started with the 2001 premiere of “Reba” on the then-WB Network. It lasted a total of six seasons (2001-07), the final one airing on The CW, which resulted from the merging of The WB and the former UPN network. Still seen weekdays in repeats on both Hallmark Channel and UPtv, the show also featured Melissa Peterman, who will reunite with McEntire as a co-star of “Happy’s Place.” McEntire returned to series work in 2012 by starring in ABC’s “Malibu Country,” which had a somewhat similar premise to “Reba” since in both series, she played family women who became single after learning that their husbands had cheated on them. “Malibu Country” factored in McEntire’s other principal line of work, since her character got back to the music career she had given up. A notable co-star was Lily Tomlin as her mother. Though it certainly wasn’t her show entirely, ABC’s “Big Sky” made room for McEntire in its final season (2022-23), which was subtitled “Deadly Trails” and gave her something different to do as a tour guide who was a pivotal part of investigators’ probe of a hiker’s death. Rex Linn, McEntire’s significant other, played her husband in the series during that season. He’s also slated to appear with her regularly in “Happy’s Place.”