Published: July 17, 2024
Reba McEntire ‘Thrilled’ Host Milestone ACM Awards
By Movieguide® Contributor
Reba McEntire is hosting next year’s Academy of Country Music Awards!
“We’re excited to honor and celebrate the legacy of the ACM Awards all year long surrounding the 60th anniversary show returning to Amazon Prime Video next May,” said Damon Whiteside, the CEO of the Academy of Country Music.
He continued, “Reba McEntire has hosted more ACM Awards shows than any other artist in history, and after her triumphant return this year for the 59th show, there is clearly no one better suited to helm this milestone show. Our landmark 50th anniversary show in 2015 marked our debut in Texas, and we’re thrilled to return again to celebrate another major moment in ACM history.”
McEntire hosted the ACMs last year, and this year will mark her 18th time as host overall.
“I’m thrilled to be coming back to host the 60th ACM Awards on Prime Video,” McEntire said in a statement. “It’s going to be an absolute can’t-miss show, and I can’t wait to see everybody back in Texas.”
McEntire is also getting ready for her return to the small screen. Her new sitcom, HAPPY’S PLACE, will premiere on NBC on Oct. 18.
She recently revealed that, like on her hit sitcom REBA, she will be writing and singing the show’s theme song.
“Oh, definitely. I’ll be singing the theme song. We’ve started working on it, and we’ll have it soon finished,” she told PEOPLE. “If they say it’s a go, I’ll finish it up and have it ready for when we go to series.”
Movieguide® previously reported on HAPPY’S PLACE:
Country star Reba McEntire is revving up for her new sitcom, HAPPY’S PLACE.
“NBC has handed a series order to HAPPY’S PLACE, a multi-camera comedy starring McEntire and her former REBA co-star Melissa Peterman. It will air during the 2024-2025 TV season,” TV Insider reported.
Peterman and McEntire also co-host a podcast, “Living & Learning With Reba McEntire,” and McEntire serves as a judge on THE VOICE.
“We have been working on trying to get another show since we were canceled on the REBA show,” McEntire recently told ET. “We got to do MALIBU COUNTRY for one season. We’ve got the same producers, same showrunner, same writers, and now we’re back with Melissa Peterman and Rex Linn, my boyfriend, and a wonderful, wonderful cast and crew.”
The 69-year-old added that the show has “a great script.”
“My [character Bobbie’s] dad was Happy, that was his name, and we owned a tavern called Happy’s Place,” she told PEOPLE about the plot. “Well, Happy passed, and so he’s passed the tavern onto me, but there’s a little hiccup involved, so that’s the mystery right there. Everybody has to tune in and watch it, and I hope they love it.”
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