For Better or Worse is an American television sitcom created, written and executive produced by Tyler Perry.

[2][3] Unlike House of Payne and Meet the Browns, which are family-oriented, For Better Or Worse targets young adults.

[4] The premiere episode of the series acquired 3.33 million viewers,[5] bringing the show to the top of the charts as basic cable's No.

In February 2013, Oprah Winfrey Network (which had entered into a development deal with Perry) ordered a third season.

The Boston Herald described it as being "an upscale Dynasty crossed with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

with a dash of urban sass", which "knocks you back with a bracing dose of its characters’ resentments and rages.