Ree Drummond’s Pioneer Woman Crew Reunites – Says Show Will Resume With a Twist

Rejoice, Ree Drummond followers! The Pioneer Lady is again.  

On Tuesday, the beloved Meals Community cooking present host shared a joyful photograph of herself, her husband, and the present’s solid and crew on Instagram. “The crew is again!” it mentioned. “First time collectively since Jan. 2020.”  

Hearts and a “Welcome Again” gif embellished the picture, which confirmed the husband and spouse, plus six-member crew standing arm-in-arm behind a range and kitchen countertop. Followers of the favored present will acknowledge this because the Pioneer Lady set – a kitchen in a lodge on Drummond’s Oklahoma ranch – the place a whole bunch of scrumptious dishes are shared (and later made in houses throughout America).  

The comfortable reunion follows a prolonged break from skilled filming, because the present’s UK-based crew remained in Britain the primary two years of the pandemic. Throughout this time, Drummond’s grownup kids — Alex, 25, Paige, 22, Bryce, 19, Todd, 18, and Jamar, 18 — saved the sequence afloat, filming straightforward recipes made with a mixture of contemporary and packaged elements, and placing a brand new spin on an previous adage: “Whereas the crew’s away, the youngsters will play.” 

And play they did. The Drummond children’ relaxed model of the present was extra quirky house film than well-honed manufacturing. Naturally, viewers evaluations have been blended. Some beloved its youthful exuberance and authenticity; others yearned for the streamlined and scripted present of yore.  

Feedback on Yahoo.com’s reporting of the present’s return exemplify this divide. Commenter NH thought the present was way more “free and enjoyable with the youngsters there,” and commenter Renee mentioned merely, ”Save the cash and maintain the ‘fam’ crew.” 

Commenter Aran was much less enthusiastic. “Watching the present whereas the youngsters have been filming was not the very best,” he wrote.  

Whatever the response, the youngsters get kudos for holding the present on the air and giving viewers a behind-the-scenes take a look at Drummond’s household.  

“It’s been an unimaginable bonding expertise for the youngsters and me,” she advised PEOPLE in Could, noting that filming collectively enabled her to get to know her in-laws higher. “Alex and Mauricio [her daughter’s husband] weren’t even engaged but when the pandemic initially hit. And so it was a extremely nice time for us to get to know Mauricio and simply form of have that function collectively throughout that loopy first few months.” 

Drummond added that having the youngsters to joke round with whereas filming the present allowed her to be extra spontaneous and pure, which is why the youngsters will proceed to make appearances on the present regardless of the tip of household filming in June.    

“We’ve all been speaking and we form of wish to create a brand new model of the present that form of marries the 2 eras — the youngsters capturing period after which the unique,” she mentioned. “So it’ll be enjoyable to form of see the place the present goes when my crew comes again … to create a complete new form of a hybrid present.” 

We couldn’t agree extra, Ree! If there’s one factor the pandemic served to remind us all, it’s that household is the in the beginning essential factor in life. Welcome again, Pioneer Lady solid, crew, and household!