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Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Happy's Place Renewed for Season 2 at NBC
This calls for a celebratory round at Happy's Place: NBC has renewed the Reba McEntire-Melissa Peterman comedy for Season 2, TVLine has learned. Happy's Place has been averaging 4.6 million total viewers on Friday (with delayed playback), ranking No. 5 out of all comedies that have aired this TV season (behind CBS' Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, CBS' Ghosts, ABC's Shifting Gears and CBS' The Neighborhood). More from TVLine Reba's Christopher Rich Calls Happy's Place Gig a 'Blessing' After 2018 Stroke: 'I Was With My Two Best Friends' Miss Scarlet Renewed for Season 6 - Find Out Who's Returning The Jennifer Hudson Show Renewed for Season 4 Happy's Place centers on McEntire's Bobbie, who inherits the titular tavern from her late father and soon finds out she has a new business partner, Isabella (played by Belissa Escobedo), a twenty-something half-sister that she never knew she had. Peterman, McEntire's Reba co-star, plays 'needy and dramatic' bartender Gabby. The freshman comedy has already hosted a pair of Reba reunions: Steve Howey (fka Van Montgomery) guest-starred in the sitcom's Dec. 6 episode as a wealthy businessman looking to host his holiday party at Happy's Place, while Christopher Rich (Brock) is set to appear in the Feb. 21 episode as local tattoo artist Maverick. The Season 2 renewal comes four episodes out from Happy's Place's Season 1 finale, which is tentatively set to air Friday, March 21 at 8/7c. TVLine's Renewal Scorecard has been updated to reflect the news. Are you looking forward to another season of ? Sound off in Comments. 2025 Renewal and Cancellation Scorecard View List Best of TVLine Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Showtime Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More 'Missing' Shows, Found! The Latest on Severance, Holey Moley, Poker Face, YOU, Primo, Transplant and 25+ Others
USA Today
20-02-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Christopher Rich is 'really good,' reuniting with 'Reba' co-stars 7 years after a stroke
Hear this story On the eve of his return to TV, "Reba" star Christopher Rich is getting vulnerable about the health issues that kept him from acting in recent years. Rich, 71, reunites with "Reba" co-stars Melissa Peterman and Reba McEntire on Friday's episode of "Happy's Place." He told Us Weekly in an interview published Wednesday that he's feeling "really good" several years after experiencing a stroke and subsequent blood clots, which left him with limited mobility and a long road to recovery in their wake. "After my stroke and having a brain injury, it is like I got hit with an atomic bomb. So it all gets traumatized, and it is a hard reset," he told the outlet. "After I finally got out of the hospital, I was moving around again." He landed back in the hospital due to blood clots in his lungs and "debris in my heart." But "after surviving all of that crap, I'm feeling really, really good," he said. In his guest spot on "Happy's Place," Rich – who played Reba Hart's ex-husband Brock during the show's airing from 2001 to 2007 – takes on the role of a tattoo artist named Maverick who is also recovering from a stroke. "It's great to be able to be a disabled person and play a disabled person," Rich said. "I'm hoping that when some of this gets out there, that people that I've worked with in the past are going to say, 'OK, let's bring him back. We can work with him.'" Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Our chat with Reba:McEntire talks show 'Happy's Place,' casting her real-life boyfriend Being back on set reminded Rich of how much he loves acting. "The crew made it feel like the old Reba set because we were having a blast. They had as much fun as I did and that was really heartwarming for me. It felt like I was back home in a safe place," he said. "I was really well taken care of. It was a blessing. I want to go back so badly." 'I don't think I'll ever be exactly what I was before' Rich appeared in 2018's "The Christmas Trap" and spent some time away from acting, making his return in the 2021 streaming film "Spiked." Since his stroke, Rich has kept busy with philanthropy and work in "green energy." In promotional videos for medical clinics where he received treatment, Rich previously described undergoing stem cell treatments to "help heal the right side of my brain where the blood clot happened because it destroyed some of my brain." "My left side was completely frozen; I couldn't walk or use my left arm," he said in a clip for ReGen Clinics. The stroke happened in the middle of the night on Easter morning in 2018, he said in a video series for the Centre for Neuro Skills. Afterward, his voice sounded "abnormal," he had saliva leaking from the left side of his mouth and he struggled with his memory. "I don't think I'll ever be exactly what I was before, and I hope not, because this has been such a learning experience for me," Rich said.
Yahoo
15-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Save a Life Tour makes stop at South Vermillion High School
VERMILLION COUNTY, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — The International Save a Life Tour made a stop at South Vermillion High School on Friday. The organization says their tips and virtual experiences will deter kids from making mistakes on the road in the future. Road Manager Christopher Rich said the tour gives students a hands-on experience with how distractions effect motor skills. 'It gives them a safe and controlled environment', Rich said. 'If they're texting inside the sim and they make those mistakes that are generated in the sim, then they can reflect on how it would be like if someone was making the same mistake in the real world. So, if you can't do it here, then you can't do it there.' Students were given two different simulation experiences. The first, they were forced to text and drive, while the other changed their vision and reaction time. Logan Smith, a senior at South Vermillion, said the impaired driving sim revealed how dangerous drinking and driving can be. 'Definitely, because I have a lot of older friends and obviously, they have before', Smith said. 'This will probably show it's harder than what people think and will save a lot of people.' The Save a Life Tour said their goal is to continue spreading their message until people stop driving while distracted. 'We go all over the world. We go to colleges, high schools, military bases', Rich said. 'Just to do the right thing and make better choices, proper choices, so we don't have to talk about these things for much longer.' Students, sophomores through seniors, also got to experience the driver's seat of a semi-truck, to better understand truck drivers' line of vision. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
