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Reba: Is the CW Sitcom Cancelled for Sure?

by Trevor Kimball, January 24, 2007

Time to say goodbye to the cast of Reba?The CW sitcom Reba, starring country-singing star Reba McEntire, is currently in its sixth season — though barely. The show was reportedly going to be cancelled last Spring but was saved at the 11th hour because the network didn’t want to pay a “kill fee” for not following through on a previous agreement.

Because of this, the popular sitcom was picked up for its sixth season but for just 13 episodes. Basically, the network feels that the show doesn’t fit their “desired demographic.” As a result, the new episodes of Reba didn’t debut until other CW shows had failed. When Reba finally did start it’s sixth season on November 19, 2006, it gave the network some great numbers. The sitcom even helped to boost the viewership of Seventh Heaven.

Ever since then, fans of Reba have been hopeful that the CW would realize the value of the show and order nine additional episodes (to complete the season) and to renew the series for a seventh year. It now looks like that’s not going to happen.

At last week’s Television Critics Association tour in Pasadena, CW President Dawn Ostroff reportedly declined to comment on Reba’s future. Later, it was quietly stated that the sitcom was done. Today, sources at TV Guide and MediaWeek are confirming that Reba has indeed been cancelled. There are four episodes left to air and word is that the CW will air the final two together on Sunday, February 18th.

Will there be some acknowledgment of the series ending? Hard to say. These episodes were shot in December when the cast and crew were unsure of the show’s future. Still, based on the experiences of 2006, I’m sure they may have considered they weren’t coming back.

There are lots of Reba fans out there so understandably there are tons of rumors floating around. One source at the CW reportedly said that the CW will indeed order the nine additional episodes soon (very doubtful now). There has also been talk that Lifetime (the cable channel that airs Reba reruns) has expressed interest in airing a Reba spin-off series. The spin-off would supposedly feature young married couple Van & Cheyenne moving into their own house and raising their new baby together. The rest of the Reba cast would appear as guest stars from time to time (and as a presumably smaller show budget would allow).

Is there still a possibility that Reba could be saved? Very doubtful but, like title character Reba Hart, this show is a fighter so you never know. Whatever happens, you can be rest assured, we’ll keep you posted. Stay tuned! TV Series Finale home page

UPDATE: If there were any doubts, on January 26th, CW officially announced that Reba would end on February 18th.


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How upsetting i watched all on hulu they left us hanging, one thing i didnt like in the show is the two babies where not on enough henry was always home alone and elizabeth upstairs

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October 17, 2016 11:34 am
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I wanted it to Continue and to see Reba get Remarried I call it ‘The Wedding of Reba heart’ in season seven.!

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I never watched the show when it was on CW, but I am a fan of the show via reruns. I was always curious as to how the show would end and if it was cancelled or they decided to call it quits of which I learned about that here.
As the final episode is on right now on CMT, 8/11/16, it puts a smile on my face to see that they ended it in a classy way.

Odd is that so many horrible shows stay on the air when good ones get cancelled.

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August 11, 2016 8:01 pm
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i have saw Reba from Beginning to very end I really miss I it I really wanted it to continue we should not Blame CW

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September 27, 2016 3:09 pm
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i agree with aaron

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Reba rocks! i am ******’ angree at that other commpenny . i ahte that was cancled! that person is an *****! and **** you that other compenny.so if you couldn’t npay the cancle fee then why did you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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somebody should cancel the cw network since they cancelled Reba

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