Happy’s Place Season 2 Sets Another Reba Reunion with JoAnna Garcia Swisher

Happy’s Place is staging another Reba reunion in its second season!

JoAnna Garcia Swisher, who currently stars on Netflix’s Sweet Magnolias, will guest star on the upcoming season, per Deadline. She starred on all six seasons of Reba as Reba Hart’s (Reba McEntire) daughter, Cheyenne. 

On Happy’s Place, Swisher will play Kenzie, “a local Knoxville influencer who has been hired to represent Happy’s Place for their upcoming social media marketing campaign, and all of it is much to Bobbie’s chagrin,” per Variety. 

She is the latest Reba star to join Happy’s Place, a multi-cam comedy about McEntire’s Bobby, who inherits her father’s tavern and finds a new business partner in a sister she never knew she had, Isabella (Belissa Escobedo). 

Steve Howey, who starred on Reba as Van Montgomery, joined the NBC series as Danny on Happy’s Place Season 1 Episode 7, “Ho-Ho-Howey.” Then, Christopher Rich, who played Reba’s ex-husband, Brock Hart, appeared as Maverick on Happy’s Place Season 1 Episode 15, “Sisters Ink.” 

The comedy, which debuted in October 2024, already stars McEntire and her Reba costar Melissa Peterman as series regulars. By November 2024, NBC ordered five additional episodes of the show, bringing its freshman season to 18 episodes. 

As previously reported, the network renewed Happy’s Place for a second season in February 2025. The comedy returns with its sophomore season on Friday, November 7, at 8/7c on NBC and streams on Peacock. 

“In Season 2, Happy’s Place reopens its doors, and a long-buried secret comes to light that will test loyalties and shake things up inside the tavern. Through it all, Bobbie must remind everyone that family isn’t what you’re born into, but it’s the people that stand beside you, even in the workplace,” per the season’s synopsis.

Happy’s Place Season 2 stars McEntire, Escobedo, Peterman, Pablo Castelblanco, Tokala Black Elk, and Rex Linn.

Writer Kevin Abbott executive produces the series with Reba McEntire, Michael Hanel, Mindy Schultheis, Matt Berry, and Pamela Fryman.

Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, produces Happy’s Place. Kevin Abbott and Julie Abbott created the show.

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Happy’s Place Season 2 premieres on Friday, November 7, at 8/7c on NBC.

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