Reba McEntire and Jensen Ackles Added To Season 3 of ‘Big Sky’

Big Sky, the David E. Kelley series about private investigator Cassie Dewell (Kylie Bunbury) and Undersheriff Jenny Hoyt (Katheryn Winnick), has been renewed for a third season and will be getting a couple of high-profile new stars.

It was announced today that Reba McEntire will join the cast for the third season, playing a woman named Sunny Brick, the matriarch of a family whose business may or may not be responsible for the disappearance of several of its customers. I for one am thrilled for the introduction of evil Reba going toe-to-toe (or boot-to-boot, since this is Big Sky country we’re talking about) with Jenny and Cassie.

It was previously announced that Supernatural star Jensen Ackles will also join the cast in season three, playing Beau Arlen, the temporary replacement for Sheriff Tubb (played by Patrick Gallagher), who was shot earlier this season.

While there’s no word on whether we’ll see Travis (Logan Marshall-Green) or Ren Bhullar (Janina Gavankar) again – or Donno (Ryan O’Nan) for that matter – there’s good news for for fans of waitress-turned-drug-trafficker Tanya, played by Jamie Lynn Sigler. The actress will not only return to the show, but she has been upgraded to a series regular in season three.

After a season full of hiatuses that kept viewers on their toes, Big Sky‘s season two finale will air this Thursday, May 19, on ABC.