Season Premiere of OWN's THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS Delivers 3 Million Viewers

The season premiere of OWN's hit Tyler Perry drama THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS (1/3/17) delivered 3 million total viewers and a 2.52 W25-54 rating. The premiere episode was Tuesday night's #1 cable telecast for women, the #1 show on all television for African-American viewers and was the #1 most social show across all broadcast, cable and Syndication and across all dayparts.

Additionally, OWN was Tuesday night's #1 cable network for women and the #1 network on television across all key African-American demos.

Source: Nielsen, Social Content Ratings data, ranked on episode-level interactions.

About "The Haves and the Have Nots" (Tuesdays at 9 p.m.) The one-hour drama, "The Haves and the Have Nots," follows the tangled lives of the wealthy Cryer and Harrington families and the poor Young family. This season, "The Haves and the Have Nots" continues to heat up as Hanna (Crystal R. Fox), the moral conscience, is tested like never before. Hanna and her son, Benny, (Tyler Lepley) are stripped of everything they have once Candace's (Tika Sumpter) latest hustle fails miserably. "The Haves and the Have Nots" is created, written, directed and executive produced by Tyler Perry and is produced for OWN by Tyler Perry Studios.

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