The show stars Reba McEntire as Bobbie, the owner of a tavern in Knoxville, Tennessee that she inherited from her late father, only to find out she has to share ownership with Isabella (Escobedo), the half-sister she never knew about. With a colorful crew of colleagues and friends, the sisters learn to work together and grow the business into a truly even happier place.

Reflecting on the transformation Isabella has gone through since arriving at Happy’s Place, Escobedo says, “She’s finally accepting of Bobbie’s love for her. We’ve seen her searching for everyone’s validation and acceptance at the tavern, and she didn’t have to try so hard, because the family was already there. It was kismet. So now we see her really confident, getting to chill out a bit, get excited about other things, and figure out her new path in life with this family.”

Bartender Gabby, played by McEntire’s longtime friend and collaborator Peterman, steals the show constantly with her effortless comedic ad-libs and wacky brand of charm. We talked about what it’s like for the duo now after working together for so many years. “As actors and as people, you’re always surprising each other,” said Peterman. “She still makes me laugh. She still makes choices that I didn’t see coming. But there’s a comfort where I know whatever I throw, she’s going to hit it right back.”

Tavern cook Emmett, played by McEntire’s real-life fiancé, Linn, can’t speak highly enough about the cast as a whole and the vibes on set. “There’s a lot of kindness on this set,” said Linn. “It starts at the top with Reba, and it truly is a happy place. That makes us all smile, and we don’t take it for granted.” He also teases some upcoming shenanigans with guest star James Denton, which I personally can’t wait to see.

Also setting the show apart is the fact that they film in front of a live studio audience, extremely rare for today’s sitcoms. “I call the audience the other cast member, or the ultimate producer,” said Castelblanco. “They’re a living part of it. Some scenes will come alive just because they now have an audience, and it’s magical.”

Happy’s Place Season 3 premieres on Friday, October 23rd on NBC, and will also be streaming on Peacock.

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He wore many hats, including directing, writing, and portraying Ethan Winters, and he was able to bring in a crew that was passionate about the project. Instead of the first-person view, the short film is captured in third person, and Riggs was hoping that fans would be forgiving. Now that the fan project is out, it has received over 2.6 million views as of this writing, with many praising how it captured Resident Evil 7.

Riggs was worried about his fan film getting removed by Capcom to the point where he had his crew sign NDAs.

“And we had to keep it really on the down low, in general, that it was Resident Evil because I didn’t want to get a cease and desist from Capcom,” Riggs tells Nerd Reactor. “I’ve seen other fan projects get shut down and from other people, not from Capcom, not from Resident Evil, but just in general. So I was like, ‘Okay, let’s avoid anything.’ So I’m not even going to tell these people that it’s RE until I’m with them and can tell them. And if they’re down, then sign an NDA.”

The actor was a fan of Resident Evil since he first played Resident Evil 4, which featured the return of Leon S. Kennedy. Resident Evil 7 was the one that spoke to him the most.

“I really didn’t feel like I was like an RE fan until Resident Evil 7,” Riggs said. “And so that was kind of a big part of why I truly feel like it’s one of the best games, at least horror-wise. It reinvented the wheel, a Hail Mary of a game to just, like, ‘All right. Let’s change up the formula. Let’s try something new and try it out and hope that it works. And it definitely paid off for them.”

Riggs is known to many as Carl Grimes, who was in The Walking Dead show for 8 seasons. To this day, his death is still a sad moment for fans.

“You watched this kid grow up,” Riggs said. “I think it’s one thing to just have a character that you have just watched for a long period of time get killed off. It’s another thing to watch them grow and progress and go from being a kid to being a teenager to then almost being an adult and then that being it for them. It’s hard not to get attached to a character like that, even if you didn’t like him in the earlier seasons because of XYZ.”

You can check out the Resident Evil 7 fan film below:

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Nerd Reactor spoke with Neal McDonough (Band of Brothers), Frank Grillo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier), Garrett Hedlund (Tron: Legacy), Martin Starr (Spider-Man: No Way Home) and Jay Will (Rob Peace) about their characters’ storylines in Season 4.

Frank Grillo on Bill Bevelacqua’s Business with Dwight

Frank Grillo returns as Bill Bevelacqua, a rival mob boss whose business interests sometimes align with Dwight’s. Grillo explains that Bill sees Dwight’s ability to make money and the continued opportunity to work together.

“I think Bill’s always thinking about money,” Grillo tells Nerd Reactor. “I think he sees Dwight as a great earner. He knows Dwight knows how to make money, he’s got great ideas, and he knows how to execute them, and he’s not afraid.”

Garrett Hedlund on Mitch’s New Chapter

Garrett Hedlund is back as Mitch, who gets involved in horse racing this season while Dwight is dealing with a new threat of his empire falling. Hedlund says the new season pushes Mitch into a different chapter.

“This one for season four, we’re dealing with the government trying to take away our land, our casino, our bar, our weed shop, and so that’s a whole new adventure in this one,” Hedlund said. “But yeah, I think audiences are going to get to see something out of Mitch that was a little different from last year. Last year was a little bit of relationship from a blast from a past on them. This season’s a rebirth in certain senses.”

Jay will on Tyson’s Hip-Hop Venture

Jay Will returns as Tyson, whose journey into the hip hop industry has been building up since previous seasons. Will helps to shape the music featured in the series, getting to channel his songwriting and rapping experience.

“I think the mutual respect of everybody with production, studio, actors, Sly, me, everybody was totally in for it,” Will said of getting to showcase his rapping. “And I’m just grateful they trusted me. I’m honestly surprised, because I really didn’t expect this, the music venture, but it really turned out to be a beautiful hybrid you never would expect.”

Martin Starr on Bodhi’s Deepened Relationship with Dwight

Martin Starr returns as Bodhi, whose relationship with Dwight continues to deepen in Season 4. Starr appreciates the opportunity to explore his character’s emotional side while working with Sylvester Stallone.

“They keep letting us dive into a deeper relationship,” Starr said. “I’m lucky that I get to share those moments with him. He’s such a giving performer, and it’s fun to get to work with and collaborate with someone as talented as Sly.”

Neal McDonough on Cal Thresher as the Governor

The first episode of the fourth season will shock those watching Cal Thresher’s arc from a businessman to the governor. McDonough is back as Cal, and he believes that his character wants what’s best for the state of Oklahoma.

“I think he becomes the governor for altruistic reasons,” McDonough explained. “He’s not there just for the power of it. He’s there because he thinks he can actually help his state that he loves so much and protect not just his assets, but protect the state.”

Tulsa King Season 4 premiered on October 16 on Paramount+.

About Tulsa King

Synopsis: In Season Four, Dwight (Stallone) fights to legitimize his empire and protect his crew as corrupt politicians, dangerous new enemies, and a crushing personal loss hit from every direction. However, every hard-won gain comes with even harder truths: about loyalty, leadership and the cost of ambition. Each move drags Dwight deeper into the street instincts he left behind in New York – turning Tulsa into a battleground and Dwight into the one threat no one can afford to underestimate.

In addition to Stallone, Tulsa King Season Four stars Martin Starr, Jay Will, Vincent Piazza, Annabella Sciorra, Chris Caldovino, McKenna Quigley Harrington, Frank Grillo, Mike “Cash Flo” Walden, James Russo, Kevin Pollak, Neal McDonough, with Garrett Hedlund and Dana Delany. Gretchen Mol also joins the cast for Season 4 as a series regular.

Terence Winter is head writer and executive producer. Tulsa King is also executive produced by Academy Award nominee Taylor Sheridan, Sylvester Stallone, David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, Bob Yari, Thomas Kelly, and Keith Cox.

The series is produced by Paramount Television Studios and 101 Studios.

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At the New York Comic Con Panel, the cast and crew attended, including Yeoh, Schafer, Demitri Abold, Lewis Gribben, Matthew Needham, and showrunner/creator/executive producer Silda Luisa, along with executive producers Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson.

All eight episodes will debut on November 25, 2026 on Prime Video.

About Blade Runner 2099

Synopsis: Fifty years after the events of Blade Runner 2049, Los Angeles has been reborn, just not by humanity. Cora, a fugitive in a final bid to stop running, takes on one last identity: a Blade Runner. Forced to partner with Olwen, a Replicant days from dying, she hunts down a runaway hiding a truth that could collapse a fragile city.

Dimitri Abold (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes) and Lewis Gribben (Somewhere Boy) are series regulars alongside stars Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer. Katelyn Rose Downey (The Nun II), Daniel Rigby (Renegade Nell), Johnny Harris (A Gentleman in Moscow), Amy Lennox (Only Child), Sheila Atim (The Woman King), Matthew Needham (House of the Dragon), Tom Burke (Furiosa), and Maurizio Lombardi (Ripley) are recurring guest stars.

Silka Luisa serves as showrunner, creator, and executive producer. Ridley Scott, Alcon Entertainment co-founders Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Alcon’s President of Television Ben Roberts, Steven Johnson, David W. Zucker and Clayton Krueger from Scott Free Productions, Richard Sharkey, Tom Spezialy, Michael Green, Cynthia Yorkin, Frank Giustra, Tim Gable, and Isa Dick Hackett serve as executive producers. Jonathan van Tulleken (Shōgun) is an executive producer and directed the first two episodes of the limited series Blade Runner 2099.

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Voicing Charming is Abubaker Salim (House of the Dragon, Assassin’s Creed Origins). The former royal member is the mayor of Ferryport Landing, and he has slowly transitioned from an antagonist to a supporting character.

“I think Charming is one of those where you think you have a number on him, who he is, and then he does something different,” Salim tells Nerd Reactor. “And you’re like, ‘Oh man! I really don’t know this guy,’ And I think it’s because he doesn’t know himself either. And I think that’s what we really are exploring in season two is his identity crisis of who he is.”

Puck, the Prankster

Puck is the prankster of the bunch in The Sisters Grimm, and he’s voiced by Billy Harris. The actor talks about channeling his inner Puck on the set of Ted Lasso, where he plays Colin Hughes.

“We were housed in this building, so we didn’t have trailers,” Harris said. “We had these little rooms, and we would always, if, let’s say, Toheeb or Kola or Phil left their rooms, we would just go in there and completely turn everything over. And when I mean over, like the table would be on the couch, their lunch would be on top of the lighting thing.

“And then when they came in, it was like something Puck would do, and it was. But we did it so many times that we were just used to it. We just were so numb to the feeling of ‘Oh yeah, someone just came into my room and just moved it all around.’ And then you slowly and surely put it all back together and then you eat your lunch.”

Relda Grimm, the Grandmother

Laraine Newman voices Relda Grimm, the grandmother of Sabrina and Daphne and the new caretaker after their parents’ disappearance.

“I’ve done a lot of shows where I get to do dialects, never gotten to do a German dialect, so this is different,” Newman said. “And I really love doing it.”

About The Sisters Grimm

Based on Michael Buckley’s New York Times bestselling book series, “The Sisters Grimm” is a journey of adventure and heart about sleuth-solving sisters descended from the Brothers Grimm who, while very different, make a pretty great team. In season two, one year after their parents’ mysterious disappearance, sisters Sabrina and Daphne Grimm continue uncovering the secrets of Ferryport Landing, where fairy tales and fairy tale creatures are real, as they face new adventures and mysteries.

The series is led by a stellar voice cast, including Ariel Winter (“Modern Family”) as “Sabrina,” Leah Newman as “Daphne,” Laraine Newman (“Saturday Night Live”) as “Relda,” Abubakar Salim (“Raised by Wolves”) as “Charming,” Billy Harris (“Ted Lasso”) as “Puck” and Harry Trevaldwyn (“How To Train Your Dragon”) as “Mirror.”

Developed by Emmy Award nominee Amy Higgins (“Star vs. the Forces of Evil”), who serves as showrunner, and Emmy Award nominee Erica Rothschild (“Sofia the First”), Emmy Award-winning studio Titmouse (“Duck and Goose,” “Harriet the Spy,” “Frog and Toad”) produces the animation for “The Sisters Grimm.” The six-episode series is executive produced by Higgins, Buckley (“Robotomy”), Emmy Award winner Elliot Blake (“Tomb Raider: Re\Visioned”), Emmy Award winner Philip Alberstat (“The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie”), Steven Amato (“27 Mins”) and Theresa Park (“Roar,” “Expats”) alongside Titmouse’s Chris Prynoski (“The Legend of Vox Machina”), Shannon Prynoski (“Scavengers Reign”), Ben Kalina (“Big Mouth”) and Antonio Canobbio (“Digman”). Sage Cotugno serves as supervising director.

The Sisters Grimm Season 2 premiered with all episodes on Apple TV on October 2, 2026.

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In the first episode of the second season, only Henry was able to go back to the future. However, it was further into the future, and he is now seen as a crazy person. As a result, the family has been separated once again, leaving this viewer feeling tortured after seeing the family reunite at the end of the first season.

“It’s torture for us as well, trust me,” Corfield tells Nerd Reactor during a roundtable interview. “We want to go on a holiday. We want our characters to have a lovely holiday. Um no. Look, we have both had some really great stuff in this season – in the first season and this season too. Particularly because we find ourselves at rock bottom in season two. So it’s really about us clawing our way back and trying to renegotiate and recalibrate a way to find our way back to our family. They’re interesting scenes to play, and I hope that the audience is on the journey with us because I enjoy doing them.”

“We want them to get back together too,” Irvine added.

“Simple answer. That would be really nice,” Corfield concluded.

About Outlander: Blood of My Blood

In the second season of “Outlander: Blood of my Blood,” the two young couples will be tested and separated once again by forces beyond their control. Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy) and Ellen MacKenzie’s (Harriet Slater) forbidden love seemed to conquer all odds, but as the 1715 Jacobite Rising thrusts clans into war, the two must prioritize their clan loyalties over each other as Brian fulfills his obligation to fight and Ellen seeks to make things right with her family. Meanwhile, Henry (Jeremy Irvine) and Julia Beauchamp (Hermione Corfield) are finally reunited after their accidental journey back in time left them lost and separated, ready to return back to their time and their daughter, Claire. When unexpected circumstances separate the couple once again, Henry must grapple with his mental health as he fights to find his way back to Julia, who must return to Leathers and contend with Lord Lovat (Tony Curran).

Matthew B. Roberts serves as the showrunner for both “Outlander” and “Outlander: Blood of my Blood.” Roberts, alongside Ronald D. Moore, Maril Davis, Toni Graphia, Luke Schelhaas, Michael Wilson, Jim Kohlberg and Luke Parker Bowles serve as executive producers. “Outlander: Blood of my Blood” is produced by Sony Pictures Television. “Outlander: Blood of my Blood” builds upon the world of the long-running hit series “Outlander,” based on Diana Gabaldon’s international best-selling books which have sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide.

“Outlander: Blood of my Blood” season two will premiere Friday, September 18 on STARZ. New episodes of the epic romance will be available to stream weekly on Fridays only on the STARZ app and all STARZ streaming and on-demand platforms. Season one of “Outlander: Blood of my Blood” is available now on the STARZ app, all STARZ streaming and on-demand platforms in the US. Catch up before the highly anticipated second season.

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In the second season, Leighton’s plan grows more ambitious as he meets with his other alternate selves.

“I’m just excited to for audiences to see the humanity in Leighton,” Okeniyi tells Nerd Reactor. “I think in season one, we painted a very quick gestalt of who the character was, and we got to see him from the periphery of Jason’s point of view.

“But I think in season two, we really get to go home with him and really get to see why he is the way he is, what makes him tick, his upbringing, his history and the pressures are on him to make this box work. This endeavor, this investment that he’s made, why he has to make that work and to show that he is a human being, He’s not this mustache twirling villain.”

As Okeniyi, he ponders what it would be like to meet the other Dayos out there.

“You have to meet yourself,” he said. “It’s too enticing not to. Who’s the version of you who got every part as an actor that you didn’t book. You know what I mean? It’s like, who’s the Dayo who played Black Panther? Who’s the Dayo who was in Star Wars? Who’s the Dayo who was in DC or whatever the case might be.”

Dark Matter Season 2 premiered on Apple TV on August 28, 2026, with new episodes releasing weekly until October 30, 2026.

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That’s the question we asked Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly, the stars of Dark Matter. The second season has debuted on Apple TV+, and it continues the adventures of the Dessen family as they try to survive alternate worlds and alternate versions of Jason Desson, portrayed by Edgerton.

“Personally I think there’s an inclination when life doesn’t feel like it’s working out to look back and diagnose the problem being further into your past, go, ‘It’s because of this that I’m in this bad place,'” Edgerton tells Nerd Reactor. “But, you know, the Chinese philosophy that bad things can lead to good and good things may actually lead to the next thing that’s bad. The accumulation of all things is why you’re at the place you’re at right now.

“I’m in a happy place, so I’m not diagnosing there being any problem and all the bad things that have come in my past, I’m happy for them because I am where I am. But there is a fascination with looking back and wondering how did that affect where I am or why I have what I have.”

People’s backgrounds are different, and Connelly acknowledges that it’s a difficult question to answer.

“I think that’s really hard to answer because we’re all in such different circumstances,” Connelly said. “I mean, some people are in situations that are oppressive, and they don’t have the freedom to make choices in their own lives. Some of us are in places where it’s easier to make ourselves believe that we’re not able to make choices in our own lives, but it’s difficult since we’re all in such different places. It’s so difficult to answer such a big question, I think.”

After the events of the first season, the Dessen family have to leave their home in order to survive. What does home mean when all they really have is each other?

“To me, that’s home,” Edgerton replied. “To me, home is my family. You could be anywhere. What the challenge becomes, and this is sort of partly with having a growing teenage boy, is that we have to be complicit in a choice to stay or to go together or to be in a place together. But also we want to make sure that the three of us together are finding a way that we’re okay with those choices, and it becomes very complex.”

“And the way that if home is each other, they get to a place that’s pretty dysfunctional,” Connelly added. “So they have to sort that out together.”

Dark Matter Season 2 premieres on Apple TV+, with new episodes releasing weekly until October 30, 2026.

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Nicola Coughlan on Finding Courage in The Magic Faraway Tree

Although Silky and Penelope come from different worlds, both characters go on journeys where they discover their courage and become more assertive.

“I quite like being scared of starting a new job,” Coughlan tells Nerd Reactor. “It’s always like I want to do it, and then I have the moment before where I’m like, ‘I can’t do this.’ I feel like I need to go to like the director and go, ‘I don’t know what I’m doing. You shouldn’t have hired me. This is a mistake.’ But also being able to push through that. Because you don’t really ever properly experience something if you don’t challenge yourself a little bit. So I think bravery has to come in there.”

Nicola Coughlan on Embracing Who You Are

One of the film’s messages is about accepting yourself for who you are, and it’s something that Coughlan has explored in her career.

“You’re always going to bring something of yourself, even if you completely transform in a role,” she said. “We love Meryl Streep because the essence of Meryl Streep… she can still transform and be other characters, but something in the middle. So it’s about maybe just accepting that there’s always a base level, but you can add color and you can add an accent and you can add a different type of movement or stuff. But just going, ‘That’s always there, and that’s okay.'”

Nicola Coughlan on Finding Your Inner Child

Fantasy films can help adults find their inner child. We see this in the film as well as in other classics such as Peter Pan.

“I think there’s a lot to it about embracing your inner child because I don’t think we ever really change that much fundamentally at our core of who we are,” Coughlan said. “I think you’ve got to sort of learn to listen to what they want.”

About The Magic Faraway Tree

Synopsis: Adapted from Enid Blyton’s beloved classic novel The Magic Faraway Tree, the film centers on Polly (Foy), Tim (Garfield), and their three children – a modern family forced to relocate to the remote English countryside. As they adapt to their new lives, the children discover a magical tree and its extraordinary and eccentric residents, including treasured characters Moonface (Anozie), Silky (Coughlan), Dame Washalot (Gunning), and Saucepan Man (Dustin Demri-Burns). At the top of the tree, they are transported to spectacular, fantastical lands, and through the joys and challenges of their adventures, the family learns to reconnect and value each other for the first time in years.

The film is directed by Ben Gregor and written by Simon Farnaby. It stars Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nonso Anozie, Nicola Coughlan, Jessica Gunning, Jennifer Saunders, and Rebecca Ferguson.

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Check out the full video interview below, where we chat with the “actual” Cricket Green.

“There is a giant chocolate fountain, which I immediately jump into and just swim around like it’s a big old edible swimming pool, because that is what it is,” Cricket tells Nerd Reactor.

For the Marvel fans out there, audiences will get to see Cricket get powers thanks to a super soldier program.

“The gamma ray, it shot me right in the leg and made my leg really super, but not the rest of my body,” the boy explained. “So I had a super leg for like a day, and it was great, man.”

One of the episodes features the kids playing a giant meatball video game, and when asked if Cricket would prefer to be a video game streamer or an animator, he would choose being a streamer.

“I do think like me and IShowSpeed do have a lot in common,” Cricket said. “I see that. You know, we are both very charismatic and equally popular.”

Although he wouldn’t want to be an animator, he later changed his mind.

“Animators lead very sad lives,” he explained. “Okay, very sad lives. Lonely, lonely, dark room, working on one little – [impersonates tedious animation process] – that’s what they did in a day. Then they go home and they go, ‘What did I do?'”

However, after impersonating what it’s like to be an animator, he gets engaged with the arc of the motion sand says, “I take that all back, man. Animators are cool.”

About Big City Greens

Synopsis: Big City Greens follows the offbeat adventures of 10-year-old Cricket Green, a mischievous and optimistic country boy who moves to the big city with his wildly out-of-place family — older sister Tilly, father Bill and Gramma Alice. Cricket’s natural curiosity and enthusiasm lead him and his family on epic journeys and into the hearts of his new neighbors. The new season follows the family and their friends as they navigate some of their biggest adventures yet!

The series stars Chris Houghton as Cricket Green, Marieve Herington as Tilly Green, Bob Joles as Bill Green, Artemis Pebdani as Gramma Alice, Wendi McLendon-Covey as Nancy Green, Zeno Robinson as Remy, and Anna Akana as Gloria.

Season Five Guest Cast: Stephen King, Luke Combs, Dylan Sprouse, Megan Stalter, Chad Michael Murray, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Cobie Smulders, Clark Gregg, Matt Gourley, Sona Movsesian, Aaron Bleyaert, Martha Kelly, Steve Schirripa and Mike Colter.

The series is produced by Disney Television Animation, part of Disney Kids & Family, Chris and Shane Houghton are creators and executive producers. Anna O’Brian,director of “Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation,” has been elevated to executive producer for Season 5. Stephen Sandoval (“The Owl House”) is co-executive producer, and Michael Coughlin (“The Muppets”) is producer.

The first five episodes of Season 5 premieres on August 21 on Disney Channel (8:00 p.m. EDT/PDT) and next day on Disney+. Additional episodes will be released throughout 2026 and 2027.

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