TBS has ordered 20 more episodes of Tyler Perry’s House of Payne. [Tyler Perry fans: Insert excitement here]. Both House of Payne and Meet the Browns have become cult phenomenons, averaging 3 million and 3.2 million viewers, respectively.

Looks like TBS, Debmar-Mercury (the distribution company) and Tyler Perry are all happy campers. I don’t think either show is funny but clearly, I’m in the minority. I’m still trying to figure out how Tyler Perry does it. What is it about his brand of humor that keeps people hooked? And to top it off (in case you missed that post) there may be a possible spinoff of House of Payne on the horizon. The details on that are still sketchy, but it probably won’t stray too far from Tyler Perry’s usual. God bless him; a Black man making money in Hollywood. I still don’t get it, but I’m not mad at his work ethic.

Two episodes of each show run back-to-back in a two-hour comedy block at 9 p.m. Wednesday.

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I have yet to be influenced by Tyler Perry’s brand of Black entertainment but kudos to people who are. According to Cynopsis, Gary Owen made a holding agreement with Tyler Perry’s company to headline a possible spinoff of House of Payne. Owen, a comedian who met Perry last year on The Tom Joyner Morning Show, recurs as Zach on House of Payne, one of the barbers in the barbershop highlighted in the series (which currently airs in syndication and on TBS).

I’m assuming that if the spinoff does happen, it would be about the barber. This is not finalized, but the notion doesn’t excite me either way. However, Tyler Perry somehow keeps people believing in his brand so I guess that’s what matters. I wish some of that skill would rub off on me.