<Li> House of Payne was the only situation comedy to be sold into broadcast syndication for the 2008--2009 television season . </Li> <Li> BET began airing re-runs in November 2015 . </Li> <P> Tyler Perry's claim to fame is with the popularity of character Madea, who has appeared in numerous Tyler Perry plays and their film adaptations . When the series debuted on TBS in June 2007, Perry made a guest appearance as Madea . Actor David Mann reprised his Mr. Brown role, and Keke Palmer returned as Nikki, a bully who stole $20 worth of Malik's lunch money over a period of time, money which Madea, Nikki's foster mother, used at a casino . Perry returned as Madea for a Christmas episode of the show on December 5, 2007 . Perry again returned as Madea to act as Curtis's wife on March 5, 2008 . She has appeared in one episode every season, save seasons 4 and 5 . She is one of Curtis' arch enemies . </P> <P> In the series, Janine's drug problem and going to rehab are possible references to Diary of a Mad Black Woman . The events of the episodes "Sad, Sad, Leroy Brown" parts 1 and 2 came directly before the movie Meet the Browns, when Brown learns his father has died . The events of the episode "Weeping May Endure for a Night" happened somewhere in the middle, directly after the funeral and the reading of the will, where Brown found out that his father left him a broken - down house which Brown turned into a retirement home . Even though in the episode "Weeping May Endure for a Night", the Paynes claim to have attended the funeral of Brown's father, in Meet the Browns, they are nowhere to be seen . This may be because Lance Gross, who plays Calvin Payne in the series, plays a character named Michael in the film and LaVan Davis, who plays Curtis Payne, plays a bus driver . Curtis claimed Brown made them wait in the cemetery for two hours while he gave his father a tour of Atlanta (his last request), but in the movie, Brown stayed the entire time . The episodes serve as a backdoor pilot to Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, a spin - off of the film and play as well as House of Payne . </P>

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