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The Haves and the Have Nots

★ 6.1 4K votes 2013–2021 8 seasons · 215 episodes Ended OWN
Soap & telenovelaHeightened, continuing melodrama.This show: 10/10Class divideWealth, poverty and the gulf between them.This show: 9/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 9/10Long-runnerA show whose sheer longevity shapes how it's watched.This show: 8/10Family sagaBonds and fractures across generations of one family.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 8/10RevengeVengeance as the driving motive.This show: 7/10Cliffhanger-drivenEngineered for the 'one more episode' effect.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Tika SumpterCrystal FoxJohn SchneiderAngela RobinsonPeter ParrosAaron O'Connell
Written by
Tyler Perry
Starring
Tika SumpterCrystal FoxJohn SchneiderAngela RobinsonPeter ParrosAaron O'Connell
Written by
Tyler Perry
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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"Deliciously trashy class-warfare melodrama that never lets up"

This Tyler Perry soap follows a wealthy Savannah family and the household staff who work for them, tangled together by secrets, affairs, and long-simmering resentments across class lines. It runs on melodrama: shocking twists, scheming matriarchs, and cliffhangers that rarely resolve quickly. The pace is deliberately soapy, favoring confrontation scenes and slow-burn reveals over realism, and the tone leans campy rather than prestige drama. It works best as comfort binge television, where the appeal is watching outrageous characters clash episode after episode rather than following a tightly plotted mystery.

Watch it for

the deliciously scheming characters and soapy cliffhangers that keep escalating season after season.

Maybe skip if

you want tight plotting or realism instead of prolonged, over-the-top melodrama.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12013
8.61K5625h 12m
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Season 22015
8.83752516h 47m
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Season 32016
8.65242316h 6m
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Season 42017
8.74992316h 6m
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Season 52018
8.56024330h 6m
Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots continues to heat up as Hanna, the moral conscience of Perry's drama, is tested like never before. Hanna and Benny are almost stripped of everything once Candace finds herself in a world of trouble…again. Jim and Katheryn Cryer are at war with almost everyone who has crossed their path. Their enemies will learn, however, that the Cryers are formidable foes who will stop at nothing to win every battle. The wealthy and powerful seem intent on avoiding the old adage that "what goes around will come back around." Thus, Savannah will never be the same as "the haves" continue to use money to rule the world, while "the have-nots" are forced to look to a higher power.
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Season 62019
8.725296h 18m
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Season 72020
8.42822014h
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Season 82020
8.31881611h 12m

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Tika Sumpter Candace Young
Crystal Fox Hanna Young
John Schneider Jim Cryer, James Cryer, Jim
Angela Robinson Veronica Harrington
Peter Parros David Harrington
Aaron O'Connell Wyatt Cryer
Renee Lawless Katheryn Cryer, Katherine Cryer
Gavin Houston Jeffrey Harrington, Jeffrey Hunter
Tyler Lepley Benny Young
Brett Davis Mitch

Crew

Tyler Perry

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