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The eighth season of The Haves and the Have Nots just kicked off on OWN this week. While the series hasn’t been cancelled, it seems like the Tyler Perry drama is coming to an end in 2021 and won’t have a ninth season.
Airing on Tuesday nights, The Haves and the Have Nots stars John Schneider, Tika Sumpter, Angela Robinson, Renee Lawless, Crystal Fox, Peter Parros, Tyler Lepley, Gavin Houston, and Aaron O’Connell. The drama centers on the complicated dynamic between the Cryer, Harrington, and Young families of Savannah, Georgia. In season eight of this drama series, Judge Cryer (Schneider) and his rich friends are all finding out what happens when personal flaws go unchecked. Karma has not been kind to the elite one-percenters.
The eighth season of The Haves and the Have Nots currently averages a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 873,000 viewers. Compared to season seven, that’s down by 60% in the demo and down by 34% in viewership. The series was once the cable channel’s highest-rated show but the premiere’s numbers put it much closer to the bottom of the list. Is it time for the show to end?
New York Post recently ran a profile about Robinson under the title “Haves and Have Nots star breaks down its final season”. The article goes on to confirms that the series is ending by noting “It kicks off its final season Tuesday at 8 p.m. on the cable network.” and “Robinson tells fans to expect the final season of The Haves and Have Nots to be an emotional rollercoaster.”
But wait, hasn’t the cast already filmed a ninth season? Maybe not.
In 2019, Houston said that he was about to start filming the ninth season of the series. The season lengths for this series have been very inconsistent — ranging from nine to 44 episodes a season — so, OWN could have changed their plans about how the episodes would be grouped.
OWN has been quiet about the show’s immediate future. However, Perry’s other shows on the channel have already ended. In 2017, Perry signed a deal to produce 90 episodes of television each year for ViacomCBS outlets (including BET and BET+) so that’s been keeping him very busy.
It’s unclear how many episodes in season eight but hopefully, The Haves and the Have Nots will have a satisfying conclusion.
What do you think? Do you enjoy The Haves and the Have Nots TV show? Are you sorry to hear that there won’t be a ninth season?
I look forward to tuesdays for the have an have not HOPE IT STAYS ON. PLEase
I just love this show and I hate to hear its ending. Tyler Perry other show, If Loving You Is Wrong was a great one as well. He does a great job of choosing his characters and creating them. I’m really gonna miss n hate to see it ending.
I love the show. Please keep it on.
I love the show I will really miss it if it goes off the air.
I have been watching it from the day it started.
Please do not end this drama. It is Great!!!!
I will miss the show. It has become a comedy. Veronica is too mean and vicious to be real. Looking forward to the final season. Perhaps, Veronica will make a complete turnaround and revamp her relationship with David. NOT. Unrealistic expectation.
I HAVE ENJOYED TH SHOW SINCE IT’S BEGINNING. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT.
Keep The Dave’s and the Have Nots
I will be sad to see the show go off but I agree it has run it course. How many times is Wyatt got to almost die lol. But please have a better ending than If Loving you is Wrong that was just foul.
Please I can’t believe the show is being cancel. I enjoy this show. Please don’t cancel have and have not.
I have watched this show from the very first episode and I have never ever missed an episode. I’ve never taped a show. I have always scheduled around it. I am the biggest fan. If this show leaves, I will be so disappointed! We were left hanging with Too close to home, MoMA Hatties Love thy neighbor, For Better or Worse and where is If Loving you is Wrong? What are you doing to US? PLEASE DON’T TAKE AWAY THE HAVE’S AND THE HAVE’S NOT’S!
I love Tyler Perry’s shows, but he has a bad habit of gaining our interest and leaving us hanging for months. People lose interest because of this. We get tired of wondering if a show is coming back on.
So Mr. Perry, the low ratings are your fault. You have a habit of starting 2 or 3 new shows on BET before doing a follow up season on OWN!
I would very upset to see the show go. Best show hands down I’ve ever watched!
Own always cancels some of the best programs for example : GREENLEFT .
Please renew this show I love it can wait to see it