Malibu Country

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Television series
Original title Malibu Country
Malibu Country logo.png
Country of production United StatesUnited States United States
original language English
Year (s) 2012-2013
Production
company		 ABC Studios
Laura Ziskin Productions
NestEgg Productions
Acme Productions
Blah, Blah, Blah Productions
length approx. 22 minutes
Episodes 18 in 1 season
genre Sitcom
Theme music “Goodbye Looks Good On Me” by Reba McEntire
idea David A. Stewart
David Harris
production Reba McEntire
John Pasquin
Pam Williams
Narvel Blackstock
Mindy Schultheis
Michael Hanel
Kevin Abbott
David A. Stewart
music Doug Sisemore
camera Donald A. Morgan
First broadcast November 2, 2012 on ABC
occupation

Malibu Country is an American sitcom , the first episode ofwhich airedon November 2, 2012 on ABC . The series wasconceivedby Dave Stewart and David Harris and isthe second sitcomafter Reba (2001-2007) with the country singer Reba McEntire as the lead actress. On May 10, 2013, ABC announced that the series would be discontinued after the first season.

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Freshly divorced after being cheated on by her husband, Reba moves to Malibu from Nashville . She now lives there with her two children and her mother and tries to give her music career new impetus.

characters

main characters

Reba Mc Entire plays Reba.
  • Reba Gallagher , nee MacKenzie ( Reba McEntire ) was a well-known country singer and wants to revive her career. She lives in a beach house in Malibu.
Lily Tomlin plays Lillie Mae
  • Lillie Mae MacKenzie ( Lily Tomlin ) is Reba's mother. She often drinks alcohol and sunbathes with clothes on.
  • Kim Sallinger ( Sara Rue ) is Reba's neighbor and also a good friend. She is very open-hearted and cannot keep anything to herself.
  • Cash Gallagher ( Justin Prentice ) is Reba's 16-year-old son.
  • June Gallagher (Juliette Angelo) is Reba's 14-year-old daughter and is secretly in love with Sage.
  • Geoffrey (Jai Rodriguez) works for the record company and helps Reba with her career.

Minor characters

  • Bobby Gallagher ( Jeffrey Nordling ) is a former country star and Reba's ex-husband.
  • Sage (Hudson Thames) is Kim's stepson.

Guest stars

production

On September 9, 2011, it was announced that ABC had commissioned a pilot episode of Malibu Country , starring McEntire. On May 11, 2012, Malibu Country was ordered as a series. The first broadcast took place on Friday evening at 8:30 p.m., following Last Man Standing , since November 2, 2012. On November 12, 2012 three additional episodes were ordered. On November 28, 2012, a further increase in the number was announced, to now 18. The series was discontinued on May 10, 2013 after only one season.

reception

Malibu Country received average reviews and currently has a score of 14 out of 100 on Metacritic . The first episode had 9.13 million viewers. Malibu Country had the most successful series start on a Friday for over 5 years among the major network channels .

Episodes

No.
( St. ) 		Original title First broadcast Director script Prod. Code US rate
(million)
1 pilot Nov 2, 2012 John Pasquin Story: David A. Stewart & David Harris
Teleplay: Kevin Abbott		 101 9.13
After finding out that her husband was having an affair, Reba leaves him and moves to Malibu with the rest of the family. She tries to revive her music career there, but Geoffrey from the record company quickly realizes that this is not so easy because Reba is no longer young and sexy. June becomes friends with Sage, the boy next door.
2 Baby steps Nov 9, 2012 Andy Cadiff Pat Bullard 102 7.34
Kim finds a photo of Reba's ex-husband Bobby in a magazine showing him on a date with another woman. Sage tells Kim he's gay, but Cash sees him kissing another girl ( Piper Curda ).
3 Shell Games Nov 16, 2012 Andrew D. Weyman Daniel Sweren-Becker 103 6.67
Reba is waiting for a call from Geoffrey regarding a song she wrote. Mr. Bata likes the song, but wants rapper Travie McCoy to sing it instead of Reba. Lillie Mae has a secret admirer. Cash's classmates make fun of his southern accent while June integrates well.
4th Cash's Car Nov 23, 2012 David trainer Matt Berry 104 6.53
Bobby attends his son Cash's birthday party and gives him a car. Reba is upset because she doesn't want her son to get used to such luxuries, but Bobby replies that Cash said on the phone how badly he likes it in Malibu. Kim announces that she is pregnant.
5 Not with my daughter Nov 30, 2012 Andrew D. Weyman Chris Case & Nastaran Dibai 105 6.31
Cash is annoyed by surfers and doesn't feel masculine enough. To change that, Lillie Mae lets him spend a night outside on the beach with a campfire. Meanwhile, Reba notices that June spends a lot of time with Kim, and fears it will replace her herself.
6th Bro code Dec 7, 2012 Andrew D. Weyman Chris Case & Nastaran Dibai 106 6.01
Reba is still dealing with the divorce papers when Pete Mason comes into the house, an old friend of Bobby's who always let him stay in the house while he was in town. Lillie Mae and Kim get Pete drunk to find out what Pete was doing with Bobby there. In the meantime, Cash is picked up on the beach at night and given house arrest.
7th Merry Malibu Christmas Dec 14, 2012 Andrew D. Weyman Susan Hurwitz Arneson 107 6.42
Lillie Mae brings a weird Christmas tree that Reba doesn't really like. Reba wants to sing a solo in church. Kim also applies as a singer for it and wins, which, according to Geoffrey, is because her husband donated a lot of money. Reba also finds out that June no longer believes in God and accepts that.
8th Push comes to shove Jan. 4, 2013 Andrew D. Weyman Bill Martin & Mike Schiff 108 5.96
Cash is bullied by Andrew Collins at school, and Reba advises him to fight for himself. June wants to learn the clarinet, which is not possible due to budget cuts in the school, so Reba supports the fundraising in the school. When she is there with Kim, she learns from the headmaster that Cash should have pushed Andrew and that this event should be in Cash's file.
9 Cold shower Jan. 11, 2013 Andrew D. Weyman Dave Bickel 109 6.10
Reba is supposed to arrange a baby shower for Kim . Kim's old friend Brooke ( Heather Paige Kent ) wants to help, but she has much more demanding ideas and takes over the planning. Reba is annoyed by what is accidentally recorded on video. Reba manages to keep the said video away from Kim, but then she confesses what she said. June is now sure that she is in love with Sage. Cash wants to impress girls who are voting in a contest, for which Lillie Mae fakes a collapse and he 'saves' her.
10 Easy money Jan. 18, 2013 Andrew D. Weyman Cheryl Holliday 110 5.88
Reba tells June that it will be a long time before June can be successful in the music business. June uploads a song of hers that a neighborhood cat is dancing to on Youtube and the video is a huge hit. When the video is pushed back from first place, June realizes that the many clicks were not for her, but were due to the dancing cat. Cash now helps Kim and Lillie Anne bet on horse races as he is well versed in horse anatomy. Because the two threaten to become addicted to games, he gives them the wrong tips to end it.
11 Based on a true story Feb. 1, 2013 Mark Cendrowski DJ Ryan & Kevin Pedersen 111 5.99
When Cash is supposed to write a play for school, Reba tells him to write about something he knows from his life. He is writing a comedy based on his parents' divorce that is selected for public performance. Reba is annoyed because she believes she is being misrepresented, but thanks to an experience from Reba's youth, her mother gives her the insight that the game is only fictional.
12 Adventures in babysitting Feb 8, 2013 Andrew D. Weyman David Bickel 112 6.13
For fear of losing her record deal, Reba wants to write a song together with the young singer Shauna ( Laura Bell Bundy ), which moves in with her. But Shauna is either drunk or asleep and also has a bad influence on Cash and June. A while after Reba confronts her with it, Shauna decides to give up her music career and go to her mother. Lillie Mae moves into Kim's house for a few days while she's out.
13 Babies Having Babies Feb 15, 2013 Andrew D. Weyman Bill Martin & Mike Schiff 113 5.78
Reba and Lillie Mae want to go to Las Vegas for the weekend. But then Sage confesses that he is not gay and that he is in love with June. Then Reba wants to postpone the trip first, and Kim doubts whether she is a good mother, because she believed that Sage was gay.
14th Bowling for mom Feb 22, 2013 Phill Lewis Matt Berry 114 5.11
It's Lillie Mae's birthday and wants Reba to take her to an important bowling game for Lillie's team; afterwards Reba says that her mother is too fixated on winning, and Lillie Mae eventually competes for the opposing team after being kicked out of her own. In the meantime June and Cash are vying for a better present for their grandmother.
15th Oh brother 1st of March 2013 Robbie Countryman Pat Bullard 115 6.15
Reba's brother Blake comes to visit and inspires Lillie Mae with a business idea, but Reba is angry because she says her mother always puts her at a disadvantage compared to Blake. At school June says that Cash is still a virgin, who is ashamed at first, until he is cheered up by Blake. The next day a pretty girl approaches him at school. At first he thinks she wants to go out with him, but she wants to greet him in an abstinence club .
16 Marriage, Malibu style March 8, 2013 Andrew D. Weyman Kevin Abbott 116 5.92
Reba wrote a new song, but Geoffrey says she needs to show more vulnerability. Kim's husband, Leslie, is with Reba for a charity event and tries to kiss her. When asked about this by Reba, Kim explains that she had agreed to an open marriage, but later admits that she is not happy with it. Lillie Mae is now sunburned from bathing on the nudist beach.
17th New Plans 15 March 2013 Robbie Countryman Nastaran Dibai 117 5.60
Reba is scheduled to write a jingle for an energy drink advertisement.
18th All you single ladies 22th of March 2013 Phill Lewis Chris Case 118 7.04
Kim, Lillie Mae, and Geoffrey create an online dating profile for Reba. Reba finally agrees to meet up with Brad ( Stacy Keach ), but Brad is much older than his profile picture.

Individual evidence

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