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EXCLUSIVE: A week after Tyler Perry's The Oval premiered its second season on BET, the drama series has been renewed for a third. Perry helped BET reclaim Tuesday as a night of original programming with the first TV airing of his Madea's Farewell Play and The Oval‘s Season 2 opener on February 16. Madea's Farewell Play…

Make that two seasons completed successfully at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta amid the coronavirus pandemic. I hear filming is wrapping this afternoon on Season 2 of Perry’s BET series, The Oval, two days ahead of schedule. Shooting on the White House soap started on Aug. 4. The show stayed in continuous…

After successfully completing Season 2 of Sistas, Tyler Perry has kicked off filming on the sophomore season of his other BET series, The Oval, at his Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta. I hear the cast arrived last Thursday as scheduled. After three rounds of COVID-19 tests on the 377 actors and crew members all came…

Tyler Perry was one of the first Hollywood producers to come up with a comprehensive plan to safely restart TV production back in April. Now he is the first to have completed a full season of a primetime scripted series filmed during the pandemic using COVID-19 safety protocols. It is Season 2 of his BET show Sistas…

2nd UPDATE, 1 PM: I hear all results are in, and Sistas will start filming its second season tonight. UPDATED July 14 : Backlog at local labs that handle COVID-19 tests has delayed results, thus delaying the series’ start of production. It is now slated to begin Wednesday, July 15. PREVIOUSLY, July 13: All systems are…

EXCLUSIVE: Tyler Perry was one of the first Hollywood producers to come up with a comprehensive plan how to safely restart TV production. He is now the first to set start dates for U.S. shows filming in North America. On July 8, Perry’s two BET series, Sistas and The Oval, will begin production — one at a time — at…

"I can feel the ancestors at my back when I'm here, when I'm walking the land and when I'm taking it all in," declares Tyler Perry of the Atlanta studio the Madea creator just opened officially in Atlanta on what was once the site of a confederate Army base. "I completely feel it, man. It's overwhelming to me." Having…

EXCLUSIVE: We’re getting the first look at Tyler Perry’s new original drama series The Oval and Sistas ahead of their premieres next month. You can watch The Oval above and Sistas below. The Oval centers on a family placed in the White House by people of power while also highlighting the personal side and everyday…

UPDATED, 11:05: BET said today that both its new Tyler Perry drama series The Oval and Sistas will premiere on Wednesday, October 23. Both had been slated to bow on October 9. PREVIOUSLY, September 9: BET has set the premiere dates for Tyler Perry’s new original drama series The Oval and Sistas, which will premiere…

EXCLUSIVE: BET has added 11 series regulars to the cast of Tyler Perry’s White House drama series The Oval. Javon Johnson (The Hate U Give), Ptosha Storey (Empire), Vaughn Hebron (TiTi Do You Love Me), Teesha Renee (Yes, God, Yes), Lodric Collins (Grimm), Ciera Payton (She’s Gotta Have It), Taja V. Simpson (Boo 2: A Ma…

Tyler Perry has set his first series at BET as part of his multi-year content deal with Viacom. White House drama series The Oval, starring Ed Quinn, Kron Moore, Paige Hurd and Daniel Croix Henderson, will begin principal photography this summer at Tyler Perry Studios. Written, directed and executive produced by…