Reba’s Lifetime Movie ‘The Hammer’ Premieres On Saturday

Reba McEntire's The Hammer, starring and executive produced by Reba, is set to premiere tomorrow. It will air on Lifetime at 8 PM/7 PM CT and will be available to stream the following day.

In The Hammer, Reba plays Kim Wheeler, an outspoken firecracker lawyer appointed Judge of the 5th District of Nevada and one of the few traveling judges left in America.

Reba said in a press release, "I loved the script for The Hammer and could definitely identify with the tough, no-nonsense spirit of the real-life person it was based on. Also, how could I say no to getting to work with my boyfriend, Rex Linn, and my Reba tv show co-star Melissa Peterman again? We had the best time!"

This is Lifetime's second collaboration with Reba, who also starred in and executive produced her 2021 holiday film, Reba McEntire's Christmas in Tune.

Leading up to the premiere, Reba will appear on The Talk today (1/6) at 2 PM /1 PM CT. Tomorrow (1/7), Reba and her co-stars will discuss the movie via Facebook Live at 6 PM /5 PM CT. Reba will also be live-tweeting throughout The Hammer's debut. Fans can join in with Reba by using #TheHammer.

Reba posted to Instagram images from behind the scenes of the new TV movie yesterday (1/5). She captioned the photos, "Go behind the scenes of the filming of Reba McEntire's #TheHammer with us."

Many fans reacted to the post, including one who wrote, "All right, Lifetime are we getting multiple movies or possibly a TV show?" Another fan commented, "This should be an interesting role for both Barbra jean and Reba. Like, who knew BJ could be in a jump suite." One more fan said, "Omg, Reba is the judge against Barbra Jean; that hardly seems fair."

In August, Reba shared the release of the trailer for the new movie on her social media accounts. As you can see, she does some serious fighting, gun-slinging, and bench-sitting in it.

In the final scene in the trailer, Reba's character asks a cop, "Would you say I'm a loose cannon?' And the cop responds, "No, not to your face."

Reba McEntire's songs have been the backbone of country music since the early 1980s. Reba has scored more than 20 number-one hits in her storied career and is considered one of the Queens of Country Music, alongside other Queens like Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn.

In 2024, Reba has outdone herself and now appears on national TV weekly as a coach for NBC's The Voice. In early February of this year (2024), she sang the National Anthem at the Super Bowl flawlessly and gracefully. She showed everyone in the world that she still has it as she approaches her 70s, celebrating her 69th birthday today (3/28).

She recently chatted with CMT and shared one of her most embarrassing moments on stage with them. CMT posted the fun interview clip on their Instagram.

In the clip, Reba is asked what her most embarrassing moment was. She quipped, "Oh gosh, how much time do you have?" The country icon recalled, "It was the early '80s, and I was headlining. I was going to make my way to stage right, and blue lights were gonna come on."

She continued, "I was gonna walk back on stage and sing 'Sweet Dreams' acapella. I did not remember this monitor being there on the floor, so when I was shuffling my way off stage right, I shuffled my toes right underneath that monitor and fell over on top of it."

She continued, "I crawled off stage and ripped my britches, but the show must go on so I dusted myself off and put my hand over where I ripped my britches. I came back out and did the song, and nobody knew the difference."

I have interviewed and spent a lot of time with Reba during my career as a country music journalist. Since the 1990s, I have discovered that Reba is a positive and very nice person. When you are around her, you forget she is a music icon because of how genuine and really down-to-earth she is.

In one of my most recent interviews with Reba, I told her about this list and asked what her top five Reba songs were; her response as she used her fingers to count, "' Fancy,' 'Is There Life Out There,' 'I'm A Survivor,' 'Can't Even Get The Blues,' 'Take It Back,' and 'Why Haven't I Heard From You,' that's six and 'Georgia,' ('The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia') 'Georgia' has to be in there too, that's seven."

And yes, "Fancy" would be her number-one song. She offered, "I just love story songs."

To celebrate her 69th birthday today (3/28), we dove deep into Reba's catalog to rate what we think are her 40 best songs.