Reba McEntire Gets Ready for Her Close Up

Great news for fans of Reba McEntire, not just as a singer but as an actress too! ABC-TV has picked up Reba's upcoming new comedy, "Malibu Country" and the television drama, "Nashville" for the fall season, with the schedule expected to be released tomorrow, May 15. "Malibu Country" is about a single mom who moves her family to Malibu to relaunch her music career. Reba, her husband and manager Narvel Blackstock, her former "Reba" executive producer Kevin Abbott, Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics and Pam Williams will executive-produce. "Nashville" stars Connie Britton ("Rayna") as a female country artist at the peak of her career and Hayden Panettiere ("Juliette") as another on the rise. Gaylord SVP/Media & Entertainment's Steve Buchanan will executive-produce.