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Prime Video is one of the most widely used streaming services, offering a variety of films and television series to its consumers. Aside from featuring premieres of the platform's originals, which it is well-known for, Prime Video also has a reputation for rolling out a monthly lineup of movies, often borrowing them from third-party providers.

February 2025 has been one such month for the streamer, with a plethora of movies added to its library and offering movie buffs a seamless experience that only selected platforms strive for. In this regard, March 2025 is no exception, albeit this time, we have a few more original films that are certain to entertain viewers. There's the highly anticipated mystery drama directed by Tyler Perry, a heartwarming rom-com about life and work, and, lastly, fans will be able to see Nicole Kidman in another odd role centered on an unconventional thriller.

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How old is Tyler Perry’s spitfire matron Madea? Her age isn’t specified (I’d say she’s in her mid-70s), but whatever it is she’s that many years young. She has a sneaky-dog irascibility that won’t quit. And Tyler Perry can’t quit her. He had hinted that “A Madea Family Funeral,” in 2019, might be the last Madea outing. But the pandemic changed his mind. I say that with or without it, Perry would have returned to Madea, because she’s more than his greatest hit — she’s his unleashed id, the character he’s addicted to playing because she expresses so many of his angels and demons.

Of course, she’s also an eternal crowd-pleaser. The first Tyler Perry movie, “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” (which included an appearance by Madea), was released 17 years ago today. At the time, he’d already been doing Madea onstage for years.

Tyler Perry’s previous Madea movies have raked in more than $600 million at the box office. But a theatrical debut for “A Madea Homecoming,” which launches Feb. 25 on Netflix, was never part of his conversation with the company.

“I didn’t even think about it. They’re a streaming service, and I understand the importance of making content in support of that,” Perry tells Variety, noting that he released “Madea’s Farewell Play,” a filmed version of the stage show, on BET Plus when launching the streamer with ViacomCBS in 2019.

Despite skipping the megaplex this time, Perry is still a believer in the theatrical experience.

“There will be some slight changes or some erosion, but some movies and experiences are meant to be enjoyed in a room full of people on a huge screen, and not on the computer or television,” he says. “My hope is that theaters and theater chains...

Exclusive: A week after Tyler Perry’s The Oval premiered its second season on BET, the drama series has been renewed for a third.

Perry helped BET reclaim Tuesday as a night of original programming with the first-ever TV airing of his Madea’s Farewell Play and The Oval‘s Season 2 opener on February 16.

Madea’s Farewell Play drew 1.2 million total viewers (Live+3) in the simulcast across BET and BET Her. The Oval averaged 1.5 million viewers across the two networks and 1.4 million on BET alone. That was down from the record high for the Season 1 finale (3.2 million across BET and BET Her). A drop-off was expected as the network is using one of its strongest scripted series to make inroads on Tuesday.

The Oval was the No. 1 show for Black viiewers in all of television on premiere night among adults 18-49 and 25-54 and total viewers. Both The Oval and Madea...

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When Tyler Perry’s The Oval returns for Season 2, the First Lady is done mincing words with her husband’s latest mistress. “Pack up your things and leave this place,” she says. “Or I will have your body cut up into little pieces and mailed to your mother.”

And that isn’t even the craziest thing that goes down in the BET drama’s newest trailer, of which TVLine has an exclusive first look. Check it out below:

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In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix gave a premiere date to Part 2 of “Selena: The Series,” and Apple TV Plus offered a first look at Season 2 of “For All Mankind.”

Casting

CBS All Access shared that Louie Anderson, Kevin Bacon, Jillian Bell, D’Arcy Carden, Rob Delaney, Elle Fanning, Will Forte, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Udo Kier, Lamorne Morris, Oscar Nuñez, Hannah Simone, June Squibb and Samara Weaving will guest star on the fourth season of “No Activity.” The comedy series follows a group of cops, criminals and employees, with Season 4 specifically centering around star Patrick Brammall’s character and his disillusioned experiences after finally becoming an FBI agent like he always dreamed. It will also feature the characters as animated versions of themselves. Returning guest stars who appeared in prior seasons and will reprise their roles are Joe Keery, Sunita Mani, Bob Odenkirk and Amy Sedaris.

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BET is inviting viewers back into the White House next month for a second round of salacious scandals, murdered mistresses and other nefarious forms of alliteration.

Tyler Perry’s The Oval will kick off its 22-episode second season on Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 10:30/9:30c, TVLine has learned. This will follow the television debut of Madea’s Farewell Play, which airs at 8 pm that evening. Subsequent episodes of The Oval will air Tuesdays at 9 pm, beginning Feb. 23.

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

The Oval, starring Brad Benedict, Ed Quinn and Kron Moore, will return to BET on Tuesday, February 16, the network announced on Friday. The one-hour drama returns and lifts the veil of what can happen when the leader of the free world, his wife and 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.

The series from Tyler Perry will make its return to TV at 10:30 p.m. Et/Pt on February, but will move to its regular 9 p.m Et/Pt time slot the following Tuesday.

Perry directed, executive produced and wrote The Oval. Michelle Sneed also serves as executive producer of the series for Tyler Perry Studios.