I so desperately need to be completely satisfied that Reba McEntire is again on community TV.

The nation singer and actress anchored one of the satisfying sitcoms of the 2000s with “Reba,” a few single mother who works too laborious, loves her youngsters and by no means stops. The WB present ran for six seasons and 125 episodes, with its dysfunctional however lovable Hart household on the coronary heart of each story Reba and co-stars Melissa Peterman, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Steve Howey and Christopher Wealthy advised.

So you’ll assume {that a} new sitcom starring McEntire and Peterman set in a Tennessee bar (whats up, “Cheers” aspirations) and with one other very dysfunctional household dynamic could be a assure of one other “Reba”-style good time. Alas, NBC’s “Completely satisfied’s Place” (Fridays, 8 EDT/PDT, ★★ out of 4) is not any “Reba.” It is simply one other low-rent sitcom with stale jokes, bland characters and a limp plot. It is not a lot that it is dangerous, it is simply so boring, banal and blah. And that’s merely not adequate for the likes of three-time Grammy winner McEntire, 69. She deserves scripts that sing simply in addition to she does.

Because the collection opens, Bobbie (McEntire) has inherited the Completely satisfied’s Place tavern from her late father. The 2 had been shut, however after his dying, she will get to run the bar the best way she needs to with its quirky workers (together with Peterman because the overly acquainted waitress Gabby) and Tennessee espresso, aka whiskey.

However Bobbie’s world is shaken by the sudden look of younger Isabella (Belissa Escobedo), Bobbie’s half-sister, and thus co-owner of Completely satisfied’s. After a blink and a authorized doc, Isabella is now working on the bar, and Bobbie is pressured to hearken to phrases like “bussin'” and settle for enter from this strolling proof of her father’s infidelity. In the meantime, Isabella is a fish out of water amid the Southern accents and standoffish attitudes as she tries to discover a place for herself. We all know she needs to actually “discover a place” at Completely satisfied’s Place as a result of she repeats it a number of occasions. (This present is something however delicate.)

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As an idea, a cussed girl in her 60s who’s pressured to collaborate with a 20-something and redefine her circle of relatives is a fruitful setup for sitcom plots and deep characters. However “Completely satisfied’s” decides to hurry by way of the macro-level implications of Isabella’s arrival and as an alternative strikes straight into dumb office jokes and drained generational jabs. It is seemingly seconds between the information of Isabella’s paternity and her turning into a punching bag for jokes about youngsters nowadays. The speedy plot may offer you whiplash if it wasn’t so tedious as to place you to sleep.

Along with not spending practically sufficient time on the plot, “Completely satisfied’s” avoids crafting characters price caring about. Bobbie is, nicely, Reba McEntire in a sweater. Two episodes in and there is not far more to her than her love of whiskey and hatred of Isabella’s intrusion into her life. Isabella is a Gen Z stereotype. And Gabby is seemingly modeled on Peterman’s pure over-the-top gregariousness and her solely expression is a squinty smile. Accountant Steve (Pablo Castelblanco) and waiter Takota (Tokala Black Elk) are outlined one-dimensionally: Steve is a germaphobe and Takota is stoic. None of them really feel remotely human.

Solely two episodes of “Completely satisfied’s” had been made accessible for evaluate, although the perfect sitcoms can run for greater than 200. However by the second episode of “Associates” you knew who the six predominant characters actually had been. By the second “Cheers” the tone was established. Heck, by the second “Reba,” you had fallen in love with the Hart household.

“Completely satisfied’s” could discover its footing deeper into the season, however it’s laborious to argue that anybody stick round that lengthy. Not when there is a distinct lack of happiness to be discovered up to now.