Madea’s

Hey everybody, You ever wake up with a smile on your face? I sure hope so, 'cause you all make me smile a lot. I woke up this morning thinking how good it is to have favor with God, because then you have it with man. I'm just so happy that so many things are going well. I'll make this email short, because there is so much information for "House Of Payne" next week.Madea.. width="425" height="350" ..Okay, let's call the roll.New York, the ratings were awesome. Houston, the ratings were awesome.Philly finishes today and the ratings have been incredibly awesome. So thank you for standing with us.Raleigh and Baltimore have finished their first week and the ratings were just as good as the other cities, so thanks! Hang in there-- this last week of shows is the best. Ask the other cities who saw them. They got hooked!Now, here are some unique situations coming up this week.WASHINGTON DC airs tomorrow (Saturday, June 17th). The first five episodes will run in one day from 8 P.M. until 10 P.M. on WB channel 50.DALLAS will run all ten episodes in one day at 1 P.M. until 5:30 P.M. (I don't know who has the time to watch 10 shows straight). If you can watch, it airs on UPN channel 21 on Father's Day (Sunday, June 18th).Madea Goes to Jail.. width="425" height="350" ..CHICAGO starts Monday at 6 P.M. and 11:30 P.M. on channel 26 WCIU.ATLANTA starts Wednesday at 9 P.M. on TBS channel 17I know this is a lot of information so I'll stop here. I'll talk to you next week about our final test city, Miami in July. But so far the numbers have been so high that the show will be airing nationwide in the fall of 2007.I've got to go now. I'm going into a rehearsal with Gabrielle Union and Idris Elba. They are the stars of my new movie that I just started filming in Atlanta, called "Daddy's Little Girl". You are going to love this movie! It comes out in February 2007. You know I'll keep you posted.I'll talk to you next week.TPP.S. - The channels listed above are local channels. If you have cable or satellite, please check your local listings for the correct channel.This New Orleans native has had a stellar decade plus and showing no signs of letting up. Highlighting his life is his first movie. The screen adaptation of his stageplay, "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" was the #1 box office movie, starring Kimberly Elise, Shemar Moore, Steve Harris, Cicely Tyson, and of course Tyler Perry who played 3 roles. This movie won 5 of 7 awards nominated for the 2005 BET Comedy Awards and Tyler's performance was nominated for MTV's 2005 "Breakthrough Performance Male" Award. In 2005 Perry filmed his second movie, (one of his stageplays), "Madea's Family Reunion" starring Blair Underwood, Boris Kodjoe, Maya Angelou and Cicely Tyson. Released February 24, 2006... IT WAS #1 IN THE BOX OFFICE FOR 2 WEEKS!!!! Tyler Perry and his talents as a playwright, director, producer and actor extraordinaire have taken urban theater and film to another level. His legacy encounters mega sellout performances throughout the country. The current live stage production, "Madea Goes to Jail" has broken box office records across the country. He was nominated for the prestigious Helen Hayes Award for excellence in theatre as well as other awards. Perry, the author of 10 major stageplays and two movies has embraced many lives with laughter and spirituality. In 1992, inspired by Oprah to write it down, he wrote a series of letters to himself in an effort to find catharses for his own childhood pain. Perry chose the stage life as the vehicle. Looking back through his illustrious career thus far, Perry ingeniously created the 68 year-old character Mabel "Madea" Simmons. In 1997, his first production, "I Know I've Been Changed" gave urban theater its facelift. It was followed by "Woman, Thou Art Loosed"; and "Behind Closed Doors" both collaborated with Bishop T.D. Jakes; In 2000, he wrote "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" and introduced "Madea"; "Diary of a Mad Black Woman"; Family Reunion; and Class Reunion" all starred Tyler Perry as "Madea". Two of his projects, "Why Did I Get Married" with Grammy Award winner Kelly Price and "Meet the Browns" have toured successfully without him while Tyler focused on new ventures. In December 2004, Tyler wrote and produced "Madea's Christmas Play" for Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) which netted the highest ratings for the local broadcast and 3rd highest in TBN history! Tyler's latest episode in his life is his book, Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings (Riverhead Books) was released April 11, 2006. On April 30, 2006 it debuted atop the New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers List and remained number one for 3 weeks. Tyler also has a new sitcom, House of Payne that is being test marketed in 10 cities.Madea's Family Reunion (pray).. width="425" height="350" ..