Tyler Perry Mimicking Oprah With His Own Cable Network Channel

Besties girlfriends Tyler And Oprah super friendship is at an all new level.  The rumors have been floating for months. Now, the New York Times has an exclusive: Atlanta media mogul Tyler Perry will be starting his own network, Oprah Winfrey style. He will be working with Lionsgate on the venture.

The partners will initially stock the channel with reruns of Mr. Perry’s sitcoms and movies, including the popular Madea series, in which he appears in drag as the title character, a gun-toting grandmother.

They also plan to buy third-party content that meshes with Mr. Perry’s Christianity-tinged brand.