Madea Goes To Jail

Written, Produced and Directed by Tyler Perry

Theatrical tour: 2005-2006

Lionsgate DVD release date: June 27, 2006

After countless warrants, car chases and what-have-you, luck finally runs out for Madea and the brash matriarch is bound for jail. This time Madea can't talk her way out, and people are going to discover a side of her they've never seen before ...

What'S Done In The Dark

Written Produced and Directed by Tyler Perry

Theatrical Tour: 2006-2007

Lionsgate DVD release date: February 12, 2008

It's a busy night in a hospital emergency room. The moon is full and anxieties are high among people like Leroy Brown (David Mann), who is convinced that he is dying. The emergency room nurses and doctors are also feeling the drama, as secret affairs and other crises threaten to burst out into the open. Everyone has a story to tell, from the head nurse Kerry (Shawna Vinson) to Dr. Bowman (Terrell Carter) to the newest hospital staff member, Brenda (Chandra Currelly).

Television Series

"Tyler Perry's House of Payne"

Created, Written and Directed by Tyler Perry

Perry's first television series is a syndicated sitcom about three generations of a working class family living under the same roof. Curtis Payne (Lavan Davis), Fire Chief of Engine Company Five, is a loving husband to Ella (Cassi Davis) and overly patient father to his freeloading son Calvin (Lance Gross). After a fire destroys the house where Curtis' nephew Clarence "CJ" Payne, Jr. (Allen Payne) lives with his wife and children, Curtis and Ella offer the family a place to stay. When unforeseen circumstances turn CJ and his family's temporary stay into a permanent one, life as Curtis knows it comes to a screeching halt.

"Tyler Perry's House of Payne" is the first originally-produced syndicated comedy to launch with a 100-episode order. The series premiered on TBS on June 6, 2007, with two episodes airing back-to-back. The record-breaking premiere averaged 5.5 million viewers. The second episode ranks as ad-supported cable's top sitcom telecast of all time among adults 18-34; adults 18-49; adults 25-54; persons 2+; and households. The telecast also ranks as TBS' top series telecast of all time among key adults demos, households and viewers. "House of Payne" went three-for-three at the 2008 NAACP Image Awards, winning the awards for Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series (Lavan Davis) and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Lance Gross).

** Sales figures as of February 25, 2008.

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