Love Thy Neighbor | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Tyler Perry |
Written by | Tyler Perry |
Directed by | Tyler Perry |
Starring | |
Theme music composer | Elvin D. Ross |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 118 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Tyler Perry |
Producer | Ozzie Areu |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 21 minutes |
Production company | Tyler Perry Studios |
Original release | |
Network | Oprah Winfrey Network |
Release | May 29, 2013 August 19, 2017 | –
Related | |
House of Payne |
Love Thy Neighbor is an American television sitcom broadcast from May 29, 2013 to August 19, 2017 on the Oprah Winfrey Network.[1][2] The series is written, directed and executive produced by Tyler Perry. The series serves as a spin-off of the Madea franchise. It also acquired the second highest-rated series premiere on the Oprah Winfrey Network, after another Perry program, The Haves and the Have Nots.[3]
The second season of the series premiered on Wednesday, January 8, 2014. The third season of Love Thy Neighbor premiered on Wednesday, January 7, 2015. The fourth season of the series premiered on Friday, January 8, 2016, while the second half premiered on July 1, 2016. OWN announced the fifth and final season, which premiered on Saturday, March 4, 2017. The second half of the series premiered on July 29, 2017. The series concluded on August 19, 2017, ending with 118 episodes in total.
Love Thy Neighbor is a half-hour sitcom revolving around diner owner Hattie Mae Love (Patrice Lovely) and her middle-class family's daily triumphs and struggles. The show's focal point is the Love Train Diner, an old locomotive car converted to a diner that serves up all of Hattie Mae's favorite recipes. It is the neighborhood hangout that, along with great food, serves up fun and offers advice to customers. It also deals with all the drama that Hattie Mae's daughter Linda (Kendra C. Johnson) faces in her life from bad husbands, to bad boyfriends, to good ones, to having a baby girl.[4]
Main article: List of Love Thy Neighbor episodes |
It was announced on August 21, 2013, that OWN had renewed the series for a second season of 26 episodes, bringing Love Thy Neighbor to a total of 52 episodes in total. Season 2 of Love Thy Neighbor premiered on January 8, 2014, and the season finale aired on September 10, 2014.[8] Season 3 of Love Thy Neighbor premiered on January 7, 2015, and the season finale aired on July 31, 2015.
On February 27, 2015, the series was renewed for the fourth season, and premiered on Friday, January 8, 2016, and the mid-season finale aired on February 12, 2016. Season 4B premiered on July 1, 2016 and aired until September 2, 2016. The fifth and final season premiered on Saturday, March 4, 2017. The second half premiered on July 29, 2017. The series ended on August 19, 2017 on OWN.