Tuesday, July 14, 2026

TV News: Reba McEntire Joining “Big Sky” with Jensen Ackles, ABC Finally Putting Money into the Show

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ABC is finally putting some money into “Big Sky.”

The drama, owned by the network, was just renewed despite two seasons of low ratings and apathy among viewers.

First they added “Supernatural” star Jensen Ackles to play the new young, sheriff. He could a romantic interest for one of the two female stars.

Now they’ve announced Reba McEntire as the matriarch of a new, mysterious family. Sounds like there are more new characters coming, and maybe some of them will have marquee value. “Big Sky” is impossible to follow so far, and without much rooting interest for anyone.

Stay tuned…

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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