The Haves and the Have Nots
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
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| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | E26 | E27 | E28 | E29 | E30 | E31 | E32 | E33 | E34 | E35 | E36 | E37 | E38 | E39 | E40 | E41 | E42 | E43 | E44 | E45 | E46 | E47 | E48 | E49 | E50 | E51 | E52 | E53 | E54 | E55 | E56 | ||
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| S1 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 8.7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| S2 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 9.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S3 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 9.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S4 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 8.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S5 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 8.9 | |||||||||||||||
| S6 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 9.1 | 6.8 | 8.7 | 9.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S7 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S8 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 4.7 |
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About
"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
8.61K564h 12m
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Season 22015
8.7324254h 54m
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Season 32016
8.6485232h 6m
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Season 42017
8.7472234h 12m
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Season 52018
8.5545434h 12m
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
8.723691h 24m
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Season 72020
8.5262204h 12m
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Season 82020
8.315916
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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