Reba McEntire's The Hammer

Reba McEntire's The Hammer is a 2023 American television film starring Reba McEntire as Kim Wheeler, the newly appointed Judge of the 5th Judicial District of Nevada. The film is inspired by the life of Kim Wheeler, one of the last traveling circuit judges in the U.S. The film premiered on January 7, 2023, on Lifetime.

Cast

 * Reba McEntire as Kim Wheeler
 * Kay Shioma Metchie as Vicky
 * Rex Linn as Bart Crawford
 * Melissa Peterman as Kris
 * Jill Morrison as Jo
 * Gary Chalk as Judge Carpenter
 * Primo Allon as Vance
 * Kate Ely as Eileen
 * Matty Finochio as Ellis Dinkins
 * Matt Kennedy as Deputy Wayne
 * Garfield Wilson as Goodlander
 * Toby Marks as Angel
 * Amy Reid as Dottie
 * John C. MacDonald as Leo Stevenson
 * Candyce Weir as Charlene
 * Vanesa Tomasino as Melba
 * Nikki Bryce as Mae
 * Aaron Paul Stewart as Langdon
 * Alan Colodey as Virgil
 * Bruce Crawford as Willis
 * Hazel Bartlett-Sias as Young Kim
 * David Procter as Judge Brewer
 * Angel Charline Kanyamuneza as Drug Rehab Girl

Production
In June 2022, it was reported that Reba McEntire will star and also serve as an executive producer on the new Lifetime movie The Hammer. The project marks McEntire's reunion with her Reba co-star Melissa Peterman. Also was cast McEntire's real-life boyfriend, Rex Linn, and Kay Shioma Metchie. McEntire and Linn met in 1991 when they worked on the television movie The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991).