*Tyler Perry’s deal with Oprah Winfrey’s OWN, announced two months ago, calls for the filmmaker to write, direct and executive produce two series for a mid-2013 premiere.
Today, the two shows were announced: a drama titled “The Haves And The Have Nots” and a sitcom called “Love Thy Neighbor,” both from his production company Tyler Perry Studios, the network confirmed.
“Haves” will be Perry’s first small screen foray into drama after churning out sitcoms “House Of Payne,” “Meet The Browns” and “For Better Or Worse” on TBS.
“The Haves And The Have Nots” focuses on two families – the affluent Cryer family and the impoverished family of their housekeeper Hanna – and the challenges and skeletons that lurk within both families.
“Love Thy Neighbor” is about the food, laughs and lessons always available at Love’s Diner.
With his TV hustle now just as strong as his motion picture and theater game – not to mention Perry was 2011’s Highest Paid Man in Entertainment,” the 43-year-old New Orleans native is now legitimately referred to as an “entertainment mogul.” Below, Perry says he’s not tripping over the “mogul” title, he just wants to be the next Norman Lear (the great TV producer behind such classic shows as “All in the Family,” “Sanford and Son,” ‘One Day at a Time,” “The Jeffersons,””Good Times” and “Maude”).
Big O’s adding another eunich to her stable
No thanks
Where all the white people at?
As it becomes more and more apparent to Oprah that white people don’t have her back, we may see the emergence of the next big black network, rivaling TV1 and BET.
It took some time, but it seems Oprah is finally beginning to see how much of an untapped gold mine black TV is.
If what you are saying is correct that black people only watch shows that have a mostly black cast well this is my question, if its so profitable to draw in black viewers why is there only two black tv channels that’s isn’t in HDTV?
Who said black people only watch shows that have a mostly black cast?
OWN just have to achieve what Univision did with Hispanics. Siphon off enough black viewers from the main stream networks to be even more profitable. Which apparently TV1 and BET is still not able to do.
Why do you think BET and TVOne hasn’t been able to siphon off enough whites from main stream TV to become more profitable?
I’m no t referring to siphoning off whites. Enough blacks don’t watch BET and TV1.