It’s official. Geoffrey Owens has said yes to Tyler Perry’s offer to appear on his OWN drama series The Haves And the Have Nots. Owens will appear in 10 episodes in Season 6, Deadline has confirmed with a source close to the show. His role is not yet known. Perry came to Owens’ defense after he was shamed on social…

Over the Labor Day weekend, actor Geoffrey Owens was shamed after a photo of him bagging groceries at a New Jersey Trader Joe’s surfaced on the Daily Mail and other media outlets. He was quickly defended by fellow actors and others on social media and now, Tyler Perry has come to bat for him offering him a gig on his…

OWN has lots more Tyler Perry lined up in the new year. Oprah Winfrey’s cable net said today that The Paynes, a spinoff from Perry’s popular series House of Payne, will premiere with back-to-back half-hour episodes starting at 10 PM Tuesday, January 16. Meanwhile, Season 5 of The Haves and the Have Nots bows at 9 PM…

There are a lot of unique elements to Queen Sugar, but last night’s Season 2 debut of the OWN series from Ava DuVernay had the rare distinction of returning better than its series premiere last year among the Oprah Winfrey net's core female demographic. Add to that, the midseason return of The Haves and the Have Nots…

Tyler Perry has played a big role in the ratings turnaround at OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, and the network continues to bank on content from the prolific filmmaker and series creator and producer with another big episodic order under their exclusive agreement. OWN given a 38-episode order for a new comedy series from…

“Add Oprah Winfrey and they will come” might become the new adage for OWN after the success of Greenleaf's debut last night. The 10 PM premiere of the megachurch family drama starring Merle Dandridge, Keith David, Lynn Whitfield and Oprah herself drew 3.04 million viewers and a 2.18 rating in OWN’s target market of…

Tuesday brought triple highs for Oprah Winfrey's network as one Tyler Perry show wrapped up its season and another began its new cycle. Last night saw the latest season finale of The Haves And The Have Nots hitting its most-watched episode ever with 3.7 million and its highest demo rating ever. That helped add up to a…

It was very much a have night for Oprah Winfrey's 4-year old TV network on Tuesday. The mid-season return of The Haves And The Have Nots drew 3.3 million viewers with a 2.80 rating among OWN's core demo of W25-43. Inching ahead of 3.22 million who tuned in for the Season 2 premiere this January of the Tyler…

"I'm not the person to ask about racism in this town, coming from where I came from I never had to go through what I've heard a lot of people had to go through in this town," said Tyler Perry today at the Produced By conference. "I got into this town and I didn't understand it," Perry told Ava DuVernay of his move…

Tuesday was a very nice night to be the Oprah Winfrey Network and a very nice night to be the creator of The Haves And The Have Nots and If Loving You Is Wrong. With the former wrapping up its second season and the latter starting its second, OWN had its most watched primetime ever in its just over 4-year history with…

Oprah Winfrey’s love affair with Tyler Perry continues as her OWN Network has ordered additional episodes of four of his series. The numbers: 23 hourlong episodes of The Haves And The Have Nots and 22 its companion drama If Loving You Is Wrong, 22 half-hours of comedy Love Thy Neighbor and 20 of sitcom For Better Or Wo…

Looks like the Tyler Perry drama just got a bit more – viewers that is. The official Season 2 premiere of The Haves And The Have Nots drew 3.22 million viewers on OWN last night. That's not only a season-premiere record for the Georgia-based series but also for the network’s entire history. Last night's debut was up…