The Haves and the Have Nots Season 6 Episode 1 : A Wicked Web

The Haves and the Have Nots is an American crime drama and soap opera created, executive produced, written, and directed by Tyler Perry.[1][2] The premise of the series is based on Perry's 2011 play The Haves and the Have Nots. The show premiered on May 28, 2013 on the Oprah Winfrey Network. It is the first scripted television series to air on the network. Both the show's first and second episodes aired back-to-back on its premiere night. Each episode is one hour long.

Variety has recognized The Haves and the Have Nots as "OWN's most popular series to date." In addition, the drama series has been acclaimed as being "one of OWN's biggest success stories with its weekly dose of soapy fun, filled with the typical betrayals, affairs, manipulations, and a bitch slap or two." The series set ratings record for OWN, scoring the highest ratings ever for a series premiere and the highest overall ratings in the network's history. The first season mid-premiered on January 7, 2014. To date, the series is still OWN's highest rated broadcast. The second mid-season finale, aired on March 11, 2014, was the most watched broadcast in OWN's history, and also came in first among all of cable television and number 4 among all shows on television for the night it aired. The sixth season is set to premiere on May 7, 2019.[3][4]