Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe return of Tyler Perry’s House of Payne along with the series premiere of Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living both debuted Wednesday to solid ratings on BET, airing in a four-episode, two-hour block that was simulcast on BET Her.House of Payne, which originally ran for 254 episodes on TBS from 2006-2012, returned with what Perry is calling its seventh season, growing in the ratings each quarter-hour.
Per Nielsen’s data encompassing premieres and encores, the first episode drew a 0.48 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 922,000 total viewers on BET, with the second growing to a 0.59 rating and 1.09 million viewers.
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