JoAnna Garcia Swisher Reveals if She’ll Be Reuniting with Reba on ‘Happy’s Place’ (Exclusive) originally appeared on Parade.
JoAnna Garcia Swisher would be happy to make a cameo on her former TV mom Reba McEntire‘s sitcom Happy’s Place.
“No doubt. If they were to ask me to do it, I would 100 percent be there and I would move mountains to do it,” Swisher exclusively told Parade while promoting Hallmark Channel’s three-part special eventProvidence Falls, which she executive produced.
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But at the same time, the Sweet Magnolias star noted that “obviously they’re making a television show,” so a cameo would have to “work for the story and all of those moments.”
Happy’s Place stars McEntire alongside her fellow Reba alum Melissa Peterman. Since debuting in 2024, the NBC sitcom has reunited McEntire and Peterman onscreen with their former Reba co-stars Christopher Rich and Steve Howey.
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Swisher revealed that she has “not yet” been asked to appear on Happy’s Place. But the actress is “so excited for them” and intends to visit the set of the sitcom when she goes back to Los Angeles.
The actress explained, “When I’ve been in L.A, they haven’t been in production, so I’ve just seen them personally, but I really want to go back and watch them create that magic. They’re just all so special to me. In front of the camera and behind the camera, that’s family.”
Swisher has previously sought to get McEntire on her Netflix series Sweet Magnolias, but so far, it hasn’t panned out. “We have tried to get Reba on. I always am trying to work with everyone from Reba because I love them so much. But Happy’s Place and The Voice keeps her very busy,” Swisher said of Reba. “It didn’t work out scheduling for last season [of Sweet Magnolias]. And this season, we didn’t have a moment for that.”
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However, if there were to be a sixth season, Swisher said, “I’m sure if Reba wanted to dip her toe in Serenity, we would make it happen.”
Production on Season 5 of Sweet Magnolias is currently underway. Swisher teased that the fifth season “has the most romance” she thinks they’ve “ever had” on the show. “It’s hard to even believe, but the most drama, too,” she revealed, later sharing that “this season is filled with new possibilities and new beginnings.”
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JoAnna Garcia Swisher Reveals if She’ll Be Reuniting with Reba on ‘Happy’s Place’ (Exclusive) first appeared on Parade on Aug 11, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Aug 11, 2025, where it first appeared.
