It just goes to show, there’s no such thing as “a sure thing” in Hollywood. While shows like Gilmore Girls and Everwood have been nervously wondering if they were going to be renewed, the cast and crew of Reba McEntire’s Reba could just relax. After all, the show is the highest rated sitcom on the WB and besides, the show was renewed for two seasons last year. No worries, right?
Not so. When the UPN/WB merger was announced earlier this year, it’s said that CBS’ leader Les Moonves sent word that the new CW network would honor the rest of the two-year commitment. With that in mind, the Reba cast and crew wrapped their shooting according to schedule on March 14, 2006.
In a surprising move a few weeks later, CW executives reportedly told Fox (who produces the show) that they wanted to cancel the deal because the show doesn’t attract their “desired demographic.” Fox supposedly rejected the request and it’s likely that if the CW still wants out, it will come at a costly price.
The season finale of Reba (episode 112 and entitled “Reba’s Heart”) aired on May 5, 2006. It was originally shot as a cliffhanger but after word of the potential cancellation was released, the episode was re-edited.
Though Reba has not been officially cancelled, it would be surprising to see it on the CW Fall schedule. Still, it is the highest-rated sitcom on the WB and the similarly rated 7th Heaven was cancelled, aired a series finale, and has now been resurrected and renewed for Fall. So, as I said, there’s no such thing as a sure thing in Hollywood. Stay tuned! 
Reba and all her goofy family members is the best show that has been on since The Cosby’s..! PLEASE do not cancel her!!!!! Clean and funny is hard to come by on any TV station, it’s so refreshing.
It doesn’t attract their “desired demographic.”???????? CRAP! As Reba would say! It is the ONLY decent comedy on TV anymore!!!!!!!! Let me see, what ages do they want to attact? I’m 50, my husband is 56, my son is 31, daughter is 30, grandkids are 9,5,3 and we ALL watch Reba!!!!!!!!!!! The rest of the sorry shows on the NEW CW are CRAP!(Reba Said that!) hahaha I belong to a recipe site online that has thousands of members and we have been wondering WHY Reba hasn’t been back on yet?? The New but NOT improved CW is making a HUGE… Read more »
They are not going to cancel Reba.. its coming back as a mid- season thing. The premier is on November 19th with back to back episodes and a brand ne episode to follow. Starts at seven. You should check your local listings for more information.
I was so excited to hear that REBA will be continured for the sixth season. I know I am not in the desired demographic, but my genereation (child of the fifties and sixties) grew up with television. We have seen it all from Ozzie and Harriet to Ozzie Osmond and Friends. Reba’s great parenting wisdom packaged in a person with true hurts and faults, is an uplifting tonic leaving the viewer with a good feeling about life in general in a turbulent world. REBA has me watching TV again, and I look forward the the reruns which I am renting… Read more »
You have to have another season of Reba and many more!!!! I watch 6 episodes of Reba everyday! It is my all time favorite show! It comes on alot on the weekdays. They have reruns. When I saw that cliff-hanger with Van and Cheyenne, I started tearing up because there wasn’t a follow up show. You have to bring Reba back please!!!!!!
please dont cancel reba. i actually just started watchin it not to long ago and fell in love with the show. why do alll networks cancel the best shows.
I miss Reba’show. My Friday’s night was fun watching the show. There is nothing to watch on Friday’s so I am reading now. Please let her comeback. She is a real fun person.
Where is Reba? My whole family loves the show including my 7year old and 3 year old we looked foward to it every friday night. Please put the show back on soon we love it. We ar already watching the reruns every day!
What a great show! It is one of the few comedies I watch. It’s such a family friendly show so it will be too bad if it is completely gone. For now I will keep my channel set to the Lifetime channel for the reruns.
hey…i love the show…i watch it every day…its like my new fav. its AWESOME
One of the few decent shows left on television that can make a person laugh and feel good no matter what. You couldn’t ask for a better cast and story line. What can we do to keep it on the air?? I’ve watched the re-runs so many times I have some of the script memorized! PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!!!
The first time I saw the show I fell in love with it because it was a family show and it had a lot of good things going in each of there lifes and that’s what really life go’s throw and on the show you never saw any kind of sex and that was some thing good about the show. like there is know and I was anger that the show was not on Friday nights and to take off the wb to cw it was a big loss to the other shows and Reba was one of those shows.… Read more »
I DON’T KNOW WHY EVERYONE IS SURPRISED THAT THEY WOULD CANCEL REBA….ANY TIME THERE IS A SHOW THAT IS CLEAN,WITH NO SEX, NO CUSSING THEY GET RID OF IT….DOESN’T MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE WATCH IT OR IF THE RATINGS ARE GOOD IT HAS TO GO…THEY HAVE TO MAKE ROOM FOR ANOTHER POLICE STORY, ETC THAT HAS ALL THAT IN IT…SO I’LL BUY THE DVDS AND WATCH THEM..
PLEASE DON’T CANCEL REBA, I LOVE THAT SHOW. WE NEED A GOOD FAMILY SHOW AND MY FAMILY LOVE IT.
Please dont cancel REBA, I love that show and I DVR it whenever it is on so I really dont want them to cancel REBA.