'Reba' has some fun with hunk du jour
REBA McENTIRE gets a devilish glint in her eye when she talks about Friday's episode with Hunk-of-the-Moment James Denton from "Desperate Housewives."
"We were lucky to get him," Reba says. "We sure would love to see him again on the show, but what with his work schedule we aren't sure if that's possible. We were surprised to get him on the show in the first place."
The singing legend jokes that locking lips with Denton made her look forward to going to work. In this episode airing Friday, Denton plays Dr. Morgan, a marriage counselor working with Reba's ex-husband Brock and his new wife Barbara Jean. When Barbara Jean develops a crush on the good doctor, she asks for Reba's help in firing him. Reba and Dr. Morgan have instant chemistry, leading to a first date — despite Barbara Jean's initial objections.
So even if Denton doesn't return, does this mean Reba might finally get a love life on this fourth year of the show?
"Boy, Reba would really like that," she says.
Critics tend to like edgy
comedies like "Arrested Development" rather than old-fashioned family sitcoms. It took a while before "Everybody Loves
Raymond" was a critical darling. And critics have only just recently jumped on the "Two and a Half Men" bandwagon.
But there's still plenty of room for a traditional chuckle fest like "Reba," which continues to grow creatively. Much of the credit goes to Reba herself, a tireless perfectionist who has put considerable creative energy into her series.
It's not easy getting attention for a series that has been going on as long as "Reba," so a little stunt casting like Denton and Dolly Parton could spark more viewer interest.
"We've been trying to get Dolly on for more than a year, but just couldn't with her schedule. Then she called and said she'd be available," McEntire says. "But she didn't want to play herself, so she's going to play a real estate mogul."
That episode tapes this month and is scheduled to air this spring, probably in May.
In other Reba news, she says plans to turn her Broadway hit "Annie Get Your Gun" into a movie appear to be dead in the water.
"It doesn't seem like it's meant to be, does it?" she says. "There's no future plans or any talk about it becoming anything for television or motion pictures."
And she reveals that her current hit single, "He Gets That From Me," about a mom reflecting on her young son, started out as quite a different song.
"When I first heard that song, it was about a bitter divorce and I called the writers and I said, 'Guys, I thought you were going to go a different direction with this since (the war in Iraq),' and they said, 'Never thought about that,'" McEntire recalls.
So they rewrote the song for her.
"That's what you hear me singing on the radio today," McEntire says. "I just fell in love with it. It really touched my heart."
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"We were lucky to get him," Reba says. "We sure would love to see him again on the show, but what with his work schedule we aren't sure if that's possible. We were surprised to get him on the show in the first place."
The singing legend jokes that locking lips with Denton made her look forward to going to work. In this episode airing Friday, Denton plays Dr. Morgan, a marriage counselor working with Reba's ex-husband Brock and his new wife Barbara Jean. When Barbara Jean develops a crush on the good doctor, she asks for Reba's help in firing him. Reba and Dr. Morgan have instant chemistry, leading to a first date — despite Barbara Jean's initial objections.
So even if Denton doesn't return, does this mean Reba might finally get a love life on this fourth year of the show?
"Boy, Reba would really like that," she says.
Critics tend to like edgy
comedies like "Arrested Development" rather than old-fashioned family sitcoms. It took a while before "Everybody Loves
Raymond" was a critical darling. And critics have only just recently jumped on the "Two and a Half Men" bandwagon.
But there's still plenty of room for a traditional chuckle fest like "Reba," which continues to grow creatively. Much of the credit goes to Reba herself, a tireless perfectionist who has put considerable creative energy into her series.
It's not easy getting attention for a series that has been going on as long as "Reba," so a little stunt casting like Denton and Dolly Parton could spark more viewer interest.
"We've been trying to get Dolly on for more than a year, but just couldn't with her schedule. Then she called and said she'd be available," McEntire says. "But she didn't want to play herself, so she's going to play a real estate mogul."
That episode tapes this month and is scheduled to air this spring, probably in May.
In other Reba news, she says plans to turn her Broadway hit "Annie Get Your Gun" into a movie appear to be dead in the water.
"It doesn't seem like it's meant to be, does it?" she says. "There's no future plans or any talk about it becoming anything for television or motion pictures."
And she reveals that her current hit single, "He Gets That From Me," about a mom reflecting on her young son, started out as quite a different song.
"When I first heard that song, it was about a bitter divorce and I called the writers and I said, 'Guys, I thought you were going to go a different direction with this since (the war in Iraq),' and they said, 'Never thought about that,'" McEntire recalls.
So they rewrote the song for her.
"That's what you hear me singing on the radio today," McEntire says. "I just fell in love with it. It really touched my heart."
CLICK HERE to discuss in our forum.
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