New Episodes of Tyler Perry Shows Headed to OWN

LOS ANGELES: OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has ordered additional episodes of the hit scripted Tyler Perry series The Haves and the Have Nots, If Loving You is Wrong, Love Thy Neighbor and For Better or Worse.

OWN commissioned 23×1-hour epsiodes of the drama The Haves and the Have Nots, and 22×1-hour episodes of the companion drama If Loving You is Wrong. The channel also went for 22×30-minute episodes of the comedy Love Thy Neighbor and 20×30-minute episodes of For Better or Worse, another comedy.

"Oprah Winfrey's partnership with Tyler Perry has been a tremendous success, garnering millions of viewers for OWN and setting ratings records," stated Erik Logan, the president of OWN. "Tyler's original series have quickly become appointment viewing for a passionate audience and OWN is pleased to deliver 87 new episodes."