After 254 episodes and eight seasons, this evening marks the end of Tyler Perry’s House of Payne TV series on TBS.
In April 2011, the cable channel announced that they were ending the venerable sitcom, in part to make way for Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse. At that time, we understood the final episode total for House of Payne to be 220 installments.
In late September 2011, Perry posted on his Facebook page that TBS had ordered even more episodes. In December, the cast and crew had a wrap party that celebrated the completion of 254 episodes. We now know that was the last.
The series finale of House of Payne is called “All’s Well” and it caps off a very successful run. In fact, it’s the longest-running sitcom with a predominently African-American cast — surpassing The Cosby Show (201 episodes), Family Matters (215 installments), and The Jeffersons (253 episodes).
Still, it can be hard to say goodbye, even after a very long run. What do you think? Are you sorry to see House of Payne go? Should TBS have ended it? What will you miss?
For Better or Worse is THE WORST!!! Sorry Tyler. I have tried to enjoy it. I cannot believe that it was chosen over HOP. Bad decision. I watched the final episode with anticipation and was terribly disappointed. The cast deserved better. They gave so much over the years that it should have been a celebation of them.
I pray that the cast has an opportunity to go back to work so that we have a new season this winter once TBS and Tyler see the ratings and cancel FBOW.
I really hate to see the show end love the . Bring back
I really hate that the House of Payne got cancelled…. and to make room for For Better or for Worse, I mean really? HOP is definitely a much better show that families can relate to. Angela and Marcus was entertaining in Why Did I Get Married, but not in a tv series. This should really be reconsidered!
Please bring it back it was by far best Tyler Perry show. Needs to come back! I’m going to miss Curtis!!!!! TBS sucks now I’m not watching it ANY MORE!!!!! MORE HOUSE OF PAYNE
PLEASE, PLEASE bring “House of Payne” back. It’s a great show, and made me actually look forward to Fridays. It gave me lots of reason to laugh. I hope they change their minds and keep the show on. In my opinion it’s the best show on TV. And what happen to “Meet the Brown” did they cancel that too?
House of Payne is way better than For Better or Worse. Bring it back! The ratings won’t be the same!
I hate that they cancelled HOP. It was and is my favorite sitcom on tv. The way that they ended it was awful, because there is still so much to be shown on the show. I have watched HOP since the very beginning and even though I am a white woman, I could relate to a lot of the show and its story. I have watched For Better or Worse and honestly I just don’t care for it. They need to bring HOP back to the air and back to life! We as fans love the show and they powers… Read more »
You guys are crazy to take off the funniest show on TV . I love the Payne family. And if you tried hard enough you could of kept all the shows running and made room for them all. Ya here me.
Love you uncle Curtis you heard me lol
I could have watch HOP forever. I first started watching it in 2009 I was in the hospital on bedrest my water broke with my twins at 19 weeks. Tyler perry had me laughing so hard it was the highlight of my day. I don’t know why they ended it. I’ll never forget the laughs the show brought me.
i so love House of Payne please dont let that b tha last episode
PLEASE BRING HOUSE OF PAIN BACK I REALLY ENJOYED THE SEASONS AN I THINK IT SHOULD HAVE NOT ENDED THE WAY IT DID BECAUSE IT LEFT EVERYBODY WONDERING WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT PLEASE I BEG OF YOU TO BRING HOUSE OF PAIN BACK I LIKE FOR BETTER OR WORSE BUT I REALLY LOVE HOUSE OF PAIN
please bring it back I love House of Payne better than For better or for worse just not funny to me and I like to laugh. The Payne Family have more real life issues that we can relate to other then Angela and Marcus. Just my opinion.
Tyler please bring House of Payne back for more episodes. I’ve watched the show since it first aired in 2007. I am so sad because it ended. The last episode left us hanging when Miranda walked out on Calvin. Curtis is so crazy he and Floyd both, that really had me laughing every Friday night.
Please bring back this show, I’ve been an avid watcher from the very beginning. I love it! I’ve been waiting for the past couple of weeks I didn’t know if the last episode where Miranda asked for a divorce was the season finale or if the finale was coming on 2 weeks later. I had no idea that was suppose to be the last show 🙁