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Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterTyler Perry’s “The Oval” and “Sistas” have been renewed for a fourth and fifth season, respectively, at BET.Production on the new seasons of both series is set to start at Tyler Perry Studios this spring.Executive produced, directed and written by Perry, “The Oval” Season 3 averaged 1.3 million total viewers per episode in Live + 3 Day data from Nielsen, and “Sistas” Season 4 averaged 1.6 million across BET and BET Her.“Tyler Perry’s The Oval” lifts the veil of what can happen when the leader of the free world, his wife, and his family are crazed maniacs. The series also highlights the personal side and everyday lives of the staff who run the inner workings of the nation’s most iconic residence.

EXCLUSIVE: Alona Tal (SEAL Team), Jake Busey (Predators), and Craig Sheffer (A River Runs Through It) have joined Mark Feuerstein, Neal McDonough, Dermot Mulroney, and Christopher Lloyd in Man in the Long Black Coat, from director Salvador Litvak.

BET has renewed the top-rated Tyler Perry’s The Oval for a fourth season, just ahead of its Season 3 finale, and Tyler Perry’s Sistas for a fifth season. Sistas and The Oval are currently the No. 1 and No. 2 series, respectively, airing on cable with African Americans P2+, per Nielsen.

EXCLUSIVE: Nick Barrotta, who has recurred as Allan since the first season of BET’s Tyler Perry’s The Oval, has been been promoted to series regular for the upcoming third season, and Kaye Singleton (Don’t Waste Your Pretty) and Russell Thomas (Jane The Virgin) have been cast as new series regulars for season 3, which premieres this fall.

BET has revealed the premiere date for Tyler Perry’s The Oval season 2 and the television debut of Madea’s Farewell Play.

Did you know that there was a Dawson’s Creek spin-off series? Young Americans was a short-lived series that debuted almost exactly 20 years ago and it sadly only had eight episodes.