Blissful’s Place is formally establishing yet one more Reba reunion.
NBC confirmed on Tuesday, September 30, that JoAnna Garcia Swisher is about to play a neighborhood Knoxville influencer named Kenzie in an upcoming episode. Her character who “has been employed to symbolize Blissful’s Place for his or her upcoming social media advertising marketing campaign and all of it’s a lot to Bobbie’s chagrin,” based on the official character description.
Swisher is the third Reba alum to make an look on Reba McEntire and Melissa Peterman‘s hit sitcom, which was launched greater than 17 years after their hit collection Reba ended its six-year run on The WB. Reba additionally starred Christopher Wealthy and Steve Howey — who’ve made cameos already — alongside Scarlett Pomers and Mitch Holleman, each of whom have but to look on the NBC sitcom.
The actress beforehand hinted completely to Us Weekly that she could be becoming a member of Blissful’s Place within the close to future.
“I can not wait to go shake it up over there with them,” she instructed Us in July. “Steve Howey has already executed it, and Chris Wealthy has executed it.”
Swisher continued: That is my household. We’re all so very shut, however getting the chance to slip again right into a sitcom stage with all of them could be so thrilling. I might not be shocked if that was within the very close to future.”

Steve Howey as Danny, Reba McEntire as Bobbie and Melissa Peterman as Gabby on ‘Blissful’s Place’ Casey Durkin/NBC
McEntire, 70, for her half, not too long ago instructed Us that Swisher is “undoubtedly” subsequent after enjoying her onscreen daughter in Reba.
“JoAnna is so busy. She’s producing, she’s bought three motion pictures and he or she’s [working on] Candy Magnolias. So she is a really busy girl however she mentioned she’d undoubtedly be there,” McEntire shared in Could. “Melissa Peterman, JoAnna and Steve Howey have been very busy. To get to deliver Steve in already for our Christmas episode and to deliver Chris [Rich] again in — that was probably the most particular.”
In response to Blissful’s Place creator Kevin Abbott, there was additionally a plan for Swisher to return onboard.
“We’re engaged on that. We actually, really need JoAnna to be on the present,” he instructed Us and different reporters on the NBCUniversal Backlot Summer time Expertise in August.
Abbott, who labored on Reba, mentioned there wasn’t a selected character that they had in thoughts for Swisher.
“We now have a few roles that we’re juggling to determine which might be probably the most enjoyable for her,” he famous. “As a result of we don’t need to deliver any person on and simply have them be on. We need to deliver them on and have — even when it’s only for us — a enjoyable purpose that they’re enjoying the function that they’re enjoying. However JoAnna is on the high of the listing of the folks we need to deliver on as visitor stars.”
Blissful’s Place returns to NBC on Friday, November 7, at 8 p.m. ET earlier than streaming the subsequent day on Peacock.