Despite many negative reviews and a petition to stop it from airing, Tyler Perry's new scripted series The Have & The Have Nots delivered record ratings for the OWN Network this week. The 9 PM airing on Tuesday night drew in 1.77 million viewerss with the rerun at 10 PM drawing in 1.8 million viewers. The premiere of the show, which is OWN's first scripted drama, marks the networks highest ever series premiere throughout any of its shows.
I'm not quite sold on the show just yet. The filming for the series looks a tadbit cheap compared to that of his hit TBS hit series For Better or For Worse. The show was also a bit dry mocking that of many long running soap operas.
The show has received nothing but negative reviews with many blasting Oprah for bringing Tyler Perry's negative depiction of black people to her network.
The question remains on whether the series will continue to bring in good ratings following the premiere. Thoughts?
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