While "Happy's Place" is also a comedy with some of the same actors, that's about where the similarities end. The new series features McEntire as a bar owner in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the wake of her father's death who discovers she has a much younger half-sister she never knew about.

Oklahoma country music superstar and actor Reba McEntire teamed up with renowned songwriter Carole King to write the theme song for her new NBC sitcom, “Happy’s Place.” Not too old: Jean Smart, Kathy Bates and other older actors remain at the top of their game

In the new NBC sitcom, Reba McEntire inherits a tavern from her father. What she doesn’t know is there’s a half-sister who also has a stake in it.