Culture May 17, 2022

Reba McEntire joins cast of ABC's 'Big Sky'

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Reba McEntire is returning to television.

The country superstar is set to appear on the forthcoming third season of ABC's "Big Sky," a crime drama based on "The Highway" book series by C.J. Box.

The show follows a team of detectives as they try to solve a series of kidnappings that have taken place on a highway in Montana.

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McEntire has been cast as a series regular in the role of Sunny Brick, a character described as "the mercurial matriarch of the Brick Family, a successful backcountry outfitter with a secret history of missing customers," according to Deadline.

In an Instagram story, McEntire said she was "so excited" to join the series.

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The music legend is no stranger to TV, as she starred in her own sitcom, "Reba," from 2001 to 2007.

The new season of "Big Sky" will debut this fall.