TV Revivals / Sequel Series that were Scrapped

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It was revealed that Reba McEntire's new sitcom "Happy's Place" was originally going to be a revival of "Reba".

"Happy's Place" creator Kevin Abbott — who previously served as an executive producer and showrunner on "Reba" — said, “It all started from a reboot. We worked on a reboot, and we spent about a year on it. We had it fully worked out.”



“I pitched it to all the old cast members, they were all on board… I pitched it to Disney, which owns the rights to Reba, and they were on board. They discussed it internally — that was right when Disney and Fox were merging, so there was a lot of uncertainty as to who was doing what — and when that all calmed down it came down to a business decision, and they decided not to do the reboot.”

At that point, McEntire turned to Abbott and said, “‘Let’s do another show.'”

https://tvline.com/lists/reba-reunio...ace-preview-1/