What a Payne!

Miscellaneous TV

By Tabloid Baby | Friday, June 8, 2007 | 6:30 am | 3 Comments

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TBS set a basic cable record with the double-barreled premiere of Tyler Perry’s House of Payne on Wednesday night. While you were watching So You Think You Can Dance, the first half-hour of Payne at 9 o’clock scored 5.2 million viewers. The 9:30 episode attracted 5.8 million– and that’s the highest rating in the history of the world for a sitcom on basic cable.

Tyler Perry, of course, is the writer and actor who’s best known for stage and movie melodramas that feature African-American characters in moral dilemmas– and his name as part of the title (as in the sitcom). His most famous character is Mabel Simmons (above left), known to millions as Madea.

Perry himself puts on the wig to play the old gal.

Payne centers on a gruff fire chief and his multigenerational household.
Variety says the series is “a result of pure salesmanship,” “old-fashioned” and “unfunny.”

TBS ordered 100 episodes. It has the show exclusively until the fall of 2008. Then it has to share the show with TV stations that pre-bought the show and will air it five times a week.

–Tabloid Baby

3 Comments

  1. 1
    jfazz
    Posted June 8, 2007 at 10:46 am

    I was among the 5.8 mil to watch this horrible show, but I have to give them credit for truth in advertising, “House of Pain” indeed.

  2. 2
    gfiggs
    Posted July 29, 2007 at 6:24 pm

    TYLER PERRY THREATENS HIS CRITICS ON TBS.COM’S MESSAGE BOARD WITH FBI INVESTIGATIONS BACKED BY TURNER BROADCASTING.

    He goes by the name of BORN2WIN and has intimidated many posters off the board with his threats. One particular poster named SILKO amongst others is threatened with an FBI investigation which proposes to search the poster’s IP address to get his personal information and prosecute. Although the poster, Silko has simply criticized the show as has many others including a few of his fans.

    Isn’t this a violation of the 1st Amendment? I’ve heard of bad reactions to criticism, but this man should be stopped. How can I save Silko and the rest of these posters from Perry’s billion-dollar wrath?

  3. 3
    gfiggs
    Posted August 1, 2007 at 12:16 pm

    TYLER PERRY ATTACKS VH1,FLAVA AND CAST

    Tyler Perry, under the disguise of BORN2WIN is continuing his attack on posters of the TBS msg board with attacks on USA, VH1, Flava-Flav and all the wonderful girls on that show. Here is a clipping of what he said about Flav-Flav:

    Re: Please Tell Me What Is Funny About This Show?
    Posted: Aug 1, 2007 12:26 AM   in response to: Roxanne7741

    For instance, you mention flav-flav is funny. I certainly, think Flava Flav is disgusting, and that is under statement.
    Instead of this pervert trying to help improve the quality of life within our communities and enhance educational and economic opportunities for all African Americans. Or committing himself to the intellectual development of youth and the economic empowerment of the African American community based on the following precepts: respect for family, spirituality, justice, and integrity, this fool is adding on to black bad statistics. And what do black folk do, we sit right there and watch this show make a fool out of us, bring a dispicable imagine to our culture about us as black women and black men ( and we have a nerve to call this entertainment) these young women cat fighting, cussing, having no intergrity, back stabding, guttery acting, Low class living, all for what? just to get 3months of fame, a *** fix, and be the next flava flav’s ****?
    And what is up with that big ole clock around his neck??? AND he is still late everywhere he goes. This dude is horriffic and his behavior, (ill leave that to your imagination of what I want to say).
    . Usually, I DO NOT call anyone ugly but flava, my God Lord *****. He is beyond what the normal eyes can handle. With his behavior not helping, he looks like a walking germ that needs to be sprayed with lysol. And this is how he protrays us as women? sluttly? What is the difference between his show and these degrading music videos? nothing. And as women, is this who we are? We are showing the world this is how black woman act? IS This our rich legacy as black women? We have no class, we are ghetto, we are gold-diggin, we are not ladies of character, we hurt whomever, all so flav can by me gucci, that really VH1 paid for? I think NOT!
    AND What I really don’t understand is , How people can call HOP, or comedians dressing up in a wig/dress, or grandma characters a disgrace to the balck race, and terrible and look at flava flav and see nothing wrong with it, nor say A word about this false image of who we are as Queens.

    I am seriously concerned about SILKO and now a poster named ROXANNE who are both threatened with FBI investigations because they said something that Tyler Perry doesn’t like. This is a 1st Amendment violation! Please someone stop this man from destroying the lives of common people. And Flav said nothing about this man to be attacked in this way.

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