TBS Cancels Tyler Perry’s ‘House Of Payne’ And Gives Him New Sitcom

Tyler Perry's House Of Payne

TBS wants no more of Tyler Perry’s ‘House Of Payne’… but that doesn’t mean they don’t appreciate how Tyler’s shows make it rain on their ratings.

For his next trick, Tyler Perry is bringing the two hood-est characters from his film “Why Did I Get Married?” to the small screen. TBS has ordered ten episodes of the new show “For Better Or For Worse,” which will follow the lives of Tasha Smith and Michael Jai White’s characters Marcus and Angela… you know, the loud, angry Black wife and her can’t-get-right husband with the baby mama drama. Unlike the other Tyler Perry sitcoms, this one is targeting young adults, not families.

No word on whether any of the less stereotypically disfunctional “Why Did I Get Married?” couples will be featured on the show at all.

In a statement, TBS’s executive VP of programming Michael Wright said TBS’s decision to bring a new Perry sitcom in was the success his shows have had in making TBS “a prime destination for African-American viewers.”

“Given such a remarkable track record,” he added, “we’re excited for the opportunity to expand our relationship with Tyler Perry and Debmar-Mercury with the new series ‘For Better or Worse.”

No word on why, despite all of that “success,” “House of Payne,” which brought Perry to TBS is being cancelled after 5 years and 7 seasons.

Tyler Perry didn’t sound too concerned in the announcement press release either.

“Even though it will be sad to say goodbye to House of Payne, I’m really looking forward to exploring new territory with For Better or Worse,” said Tyler Perry. “Working on House of Payne taught me a lot about what it takes to make a successful television series and I’m looking forward to applying that experience to For Better or Worse.”

The new show will start production in Atlanta this summer. No word on when the last episode of “House of Payne” will air.

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  • erica

    I didn’t think the other couples in Why Did I Get Married were stereotypical. They were dealing with death of a child, cheating husband and a wife too busy for her husband. Sounds like typical not stereotypical situations that occur with married people.

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  • Wise

    House of PAINfull acting is what it should have been called….Ill stick to Family Guy on TBS…Very Funny.

  • ReallynotInterested

    Thank goodness this show is cancelled. Next up: Meet The Browns!

  • Tony Redds

    the house of payne was not a good show..

  • Breezy

    Yeah JUST WHAT WE NEED !!!! We ALREADY KNOW what its going to be about, because EVERYTHING TP DOES IS THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN !!!!!!!!! Give somebody with some REAL tallent a chance !!

  • rei

    I’m shocked that it lasted that long. Seemed like it was one of those shows that would get the boot as soon as it aired. Such an awful show. “Meet The Browns” is next in line….

  • http://deleted Breezy

    oops ! i mean talent

  • Cuda Love!

    GOOD RIDDINS House of lames!

    Next the should cancel …Meet the CLOWNS!

  • uknoitsromaro

    I support my people but honestly, this show was a BUST!! It was so corny… Sorry but Meet the BRowns should be next

  • lt

    i wasn’t a fan but i applaud & respect tyler’s efforts, he is doing his thing. keep it movin.

  • DC’S FINEST

    @Dilla, I completely co-sign with you. It’s a shame the only time hollywierd offers blacks opportunities on TV it’s either the “shuck-n-jive baffoonery” or the “angry-loud-ghetto-neck snappin-black female” or the “thug”. Damn shame Tyler made a deal with the devil to get that paper.

  • Lovely One

    But I liked House of Payne. IMO, it was better than Meet the Browns…that show had to grow on me.

  • Stacy

    @pbsflawless1 Thank you for saying what I was going to say!! SHUT-UP!! everytime they talk about Tyler Perry they have to use their Sesame Street word of the day “baffoonery”or stereotypically! Some of us are mature enough to see it as pure Intertainment. So get over it!!

  • NYC Gal

    I co-sign with everything you stated. We so desperate to be on TV and Film that we are willing to accept any and everything for the smallest amount of money.

  • MLK

    I know why HOP was cancelled. Because it did not show negative views of the african american. While it had moments that showed a struggle, the most of it showed a strong family that could handle all obsticals tthrown at them. It showed a marriage that supported unity and love……America knows the danger of cofidence…they knew that if you showed people of “color” doing positive things it would encourage others “of color” to do the same…..it got to be too much positive and so now they are replacing it with something more destructive to the african american race…and these people are selling out to this……smh @ TP

  • Stacy

    There is nothing baffoonery about house of payne!! It’s a very Good Show it deals with a lot of real life issues. And if I recall yes some! black people had a problem with the Cosby Show!! saying it was not realistic because black people did live like that!

  • http://bossip Pimp4ADay

    I see Tyley Perry owning TBS in the near future.

  • ThaTruth

    I’m with you on that FAMILY GUY all the way!!!

  • ThaTruth

    I second that!!

  • Dr007

    from bad to worse. could barely stand the shrill screaming, definitely unfunny couple in that sorry sequel WDIGM2. who really wants to see more of them? blecch

  • Charlotte

    Why are they keeping that snoozer ‘Are We There Yet’ over ‘House of Payne?’ Just dont cut Meet the Browns. That show has me on the floor laughing sometimes.

  • ItsWhatever

    Believe me I TRIED…..it $ucked! It wasn’t funny and there storylines were weak.

    Don’t get me wrong, I luh me some Tyler………but it was tired.

  • SUGARCOOKIE

    The short fat father was annoying and he and his wife looked like two black meatballs

  • 7lady

    @Bebop84 hello sis. I think I’m getting from you that we have no room for the negative aspects of black people. That it just takes us back…and especially right now with all these negative vids and things coming up every other day these kinda shows just add. So yes I agree with you..we can’t afford the neg right now. And thanku for responding without bashing me or throwing an insult.

  • kala

    Finally somebody actually said something that made sense.

  • Sheila

    I hope they are taking Meet The Browns off too.

  • pbsflawless1

    @ MLK, I was with you until the end, we know that the station cancelled it because it didn’t get the attention of “immature” audiences…. we know they wanna see women beat and someone stabbed to death… this more more of a realistic show that had natural comedy. Something that ppl that were born in the 90′s know nothing about. The next show MAY have some positive value to it so how can you say it is going to be negative???
    @ God has a special place for racist ppl… how u gonna make someone mad on the internet??? Grow up… if u r racist, why are you taking your time to even comment on this blog… SMMFH 2 u.

  • Kim

    I kinda like that show.. oh well, on to the next!

  • Ameejo

    GOOD! I hated that show sooooo Amos and Andy!!!

  • StillaPC

    I have to disagree, I thought House of Payne developed into a pretty good family comedy. Obviously, TP’s heavyhanded approach got in the way at times, but Allen Payne is a great actor, and he brought a good element to that show.

    You can’t even compare it to the utter FOOLISHNESS that is “meet the browns”. But I just saw Tyler on the Mo’nique show, and I have to say–dude has developed into a full blown Queen. He was STILL talking about Spike Lee and acting so arrogant-like no one has the right to criticize his work. Heavy is the head that wears the crown..all these great opportunities do come with scrutiny. He needs to grow up.

  • Dilla

    @DC’s Finest, thank you! Not everyone has to agree with our point of view but real is real.

  • StillaPC

    @pbsflawless- the point people are trying to make is that Black people DON’T have any good shows. I know for some of you meet the browns and ‘are we there yet’ are like wonderful, but the rest of us would like something that doesn’t involve neck swinging and over acting.

    Come on, as a Black person with a college degree who also loves God and has a family, can we get SOMETHING, ANYTHING on tv that looks like us?

  • pbsflawless1

    I am 1000% w/ u on that one…”Are we there yet” is boring… didn’t make me laugh one bit… Terry Crews is the only light of that… Ice Cube messed up w/ that… if they were gonna get rid of anything THAT WAS IT!!!! I hope “Meet the Browns” doesn’t go anywhere

  • Suge.!

    I Loved The House Of Payne.. Meet The Browns Not So Much. But Of TBS Wanna Cancel Shows It Should Be That Dumb A*s Show Are We There Yet.!

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  • Sandra

    Question: Why can’t the shows that are geared toward black audiences be smart, witty as well as comedic? Why do all of our shows have to be melodramatic and just down right corny? I mean We should start coming out with shows that are innovative and tell the stories of people who do not fit the stereotypes! This is why I’m over Tyler Perry. He has this audience that will support anything he comes out with. Why not start pushing the envelope? Why stick to the same old. Take some risks!

  • bizz

    “It’s comedy, it’s comedy”. So was blackface. Stfu If you’re so simple-minded that TP’s work is the ONLY comedy you can enjoy, you’re as wack as the wig on his head. Elevate your minds and get past that bullsh*t.

  • denise

    They need to cancel Meet the Browns.

  • StillaPC

    THANK YOU. “the game” is so melodramatic it makes TP look like a PBS special. It’s like every show geared to Black Americans has to exploit the lowest common denominator..I’m SOOO tired of that. We’re not all the same.

    Look, no one is saying Tyler can’t cater to HIS audience, but why the heck can’t the head honchos greenlight OTHER types of Black projects? Just bec. TP made money off dressing in drag and acting like that doesn’t mean that’s all Black people want to see. ENOUGH ALREADY

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kcool Chocolate_Box777

    There r so many haters on this site!

  • it is what it is

    The comments on here are ok, but I like giving a MoFo point of view on askamofo.com, where pun is intended, and I can submit a ‘random rage page’ which will be posted for all to see…

  • StillaPC

    @PBS- If it works for you and Tyler Perry, then more power to you all but overall, Im just tired of substandard fare. If you enjoy the neck switching, the bad acting, the silly laugh tracks, and the corny jokes I have NO PROBLEM with that..I just want the alternative but that doesn’t seem to ever get made with Black faces.

    Just because it’s cheap to make doesn’t mean it should be green lit, IMO. What about shows like Frasier, the Cosby Show, even Living Single? These were QUALITY shows, but everything with a Black face in cinema or tv now just seems SO second rate. Corporate is content with featuring the lowest denominator because it makes them money. But we as a people are under served because they keep ordering the same thing.

  • 7lady

    @Bebop84 I like the point you made about stereotyping…very true. You don’t know how much I go out of my way to not represent a loud angry black woman. But when this sitcom comes on with Tasha being loud and angry further perpetuates the stereotype. Oh yes I understand you completely.

  • ThickLikeCornbread

    D.a.m.n.!! So much hate on this show but it received great ratings

    Only BLACKS tear each other down

    Be thankful TBS even allowed a Black sitcom on TV for FIVE years.

    What other Black shows come on that are NOT on BET or VH1???!!!!!!

  • Shelly

    You are so on point. I think that’s the worse comedy I have seen on TV period. lol.

  • Management

    How the h ell LaVon gonna pay rent now?

  • TheCritic

    Your avatar is gay

  • BlindJoe

    glad I’m blind

  • FaReelDoe

    LMAO @ both of your comments…. I am SO THERE with you.

  • HipoKits

    so…you must be WHITES

  • nonhater2011

    Oh gosh y’all need to stfu wit bashing tyler perry…leave that man alone..y would u come comment on something u don’t like?? Its not everyone is a critic..its everybody is a damn hater…

  • chekmate sun

    I checked my blood pressure everytime i glimpsed that show…
    How were they supposed to have reproduced… two beach balls bouncin

  • Tyler Perry

    Lookfor “Madea goes HAM in Mickie D’s” July 2012 in a ghetto theatre near you.

  • Tyler Perry

    Oh one more thing Li, we approached Jill Scott about a possible sitcome but she turned us down, something about her not thinkin’ it was funny havin’ her open every show frying a chicken, praisin’ the lord when her EBT card gets refilled, using the money to go visit her two incarcerated brothers every two weeks and having four kids and no father in the house. Can you imagine? Some people are so uppity!

  • HueJazz

    yea, just what we need. Another show making black women look mean, loud, and ghetto. You know what, TeamSpikeLee all day!

  • Boston in 7

    you just proved my point, the south is filled with fuccin’ idiots. Tyler giving blacks jobs is like McDonalds having a jobfair, he doesnt pay shyt, you’ll only work part-time, you’ll be a part of a shytty project and you’ll get all the fried chicken and watermelon you can eat.

  • ha ha

    Those Mexicans are employing a lot of Black men too…doesn’t mean it’s for our benefit though.

    Keep it real, Tyler Perry can do whatever he wants to satisfy people who like that sorta thing. But it doesn’t appeal to me. I like my comedies to be well-acted, witty and somewhat interesting. His usually aren’t. And he needs to get over himself and stop hanging out with so many females. I feel like he’s more liable to pull Spike Lee’s hair than actually act like an adult. Who doesn’t get their work critiqued?

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  • http://tylerperry.com chris

    I just read on tylerperry.com that House of Payne is not ending

  • Gardnagangsta

    If I didn’t know any better I would have thought “House of Payne” was created by some old white racist man.

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