House of Payne (2006)

Comedy · Drama · Family

A multigenerational, working-class family experience life's struggles with faith, love and, most importantly, humor. Curtis, aka 'Pops', the uncle and head of the household, has house and home turned upside down when an unexpected event forces his nephew, CJ, and CJ’s kids to move in, putting three generations under one roof. This chaotic living situation takes its toll on cranky Pops, who is reluctant to have his routine disturbed. In addition to CJ’s family, Pops and Ella’s son, Calvin, a wise-cracking, broke college student, hangs out at home, making it impossible for any peace and quiet. It soon becomes evident just how wide the gap is, as the family tries to find a way to coexist through all of life’s hilarious ups and downs.

IMDb rating: 3.8 (6,778 votes)
Episode average: 6.1 ↑ +2.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 14
Streaming (US): Hulu
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 14 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2006)

4.24 avg 10 episodes 7.3 → 4.1

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Roof Is on Fire	7.3	55
2	When the Smoke Clears	5.5	22
3	The Invasion: Part 1	3.6	20
4	The Invasion: Part 2	3.7	19
5	Home Alone: Part 1	4.9	20
6	Home Alone: Part 2	3.2	19
7	Ella's War	3.5	17
8	No Place Like Home	3.8	18
9	Divided We Fall	2.8	27
10	Big Baller, Shot Caller	4.1	19

Season 2 (2007)

4.32 avg 54 episodes 5.1 → 5.0 22 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bully and the Beast	5.1	43
2	I Can Cry If I Want To	5.0	30
3	More Than Meets the Eye	5.3	24
4	Busted	4.9	28
5	Lost and Found	5.5	27
6	Down and Outted	4.8	20
7	No Money, Mo' Problems	4.6	19
8	Just Say No	4.9	19
9	Surprise, Surprise	5.2	22
10	Father Knows Best	4.7	26
11	I Keep Coming Up Short	4.0	21
12	The Buck Stops Here	3.4	19
13	Wax On, Wax Off	3.3	19
14	Head of the Class	4.0	21
15	Paternity and Fraternity: Part 1	5.5	27
16	Paternity and Fraternity: Part 2	5.2	26
17	Cracking Under Pressure	5.2	27
18	Club PCP	3.8	23
19	Sadly Mistaken	4.2	23
20	And Justice for All	4.4	25
21	I Got the Hook Up	4.4	24
22	Absolutely Positive	3.9	24
23	The Perfect Storm	4.0	22
24	Teacher's Pet	3.5	26
25	Sad, Sad Leroy Brown: Part 1	5.0	31
26	Sad, Sad Leroy Brown: Part 2	4.1	23
27	Weeping May Endure for a Night	4.6	24
28	The Big Test	3.9	23
29	Balancing Act	3.4	25
30	Why Can't We Be Friends	4.0	19
31	Dog Day Afternoon	3.8	25
32	New Beginnings	3.5	19
33	Heavy Petting	3.5	24
34	The Fast and the Furious	3.7	23
35	Gone in 60 Seconds	3.4	17
36	Lost Without U	4.1	19
37	I Rest My Case	5.0	19
38	A House Is Not a Home	3.6	18
39	Home Alone	3.7	18
40	The Wench Who Saved Christmas	2.9	30
41	Trial by Fire: Part 1	5.1	18
43	Trial by Fire: Part 3	4.7	15
45	Reality Check	4.4	20
46	Piece of Mind	4.3	18
47	There's No Place Like Home	5.3	17
48	Mommie Dearest	3.4	17
49	You Big Dummy	3.2	16
50	It's a Boy	4.2	16
54	No Payne, No Gain	4.1	16
55	Devil in a Blue Suit	5.1	18
56	Bad Influence	4.2	20
57	Play on Playa	3.9	17
58	It's Getting Hot in Here	5.4	23
59	Don't Get It Twisted	5.0	17

Season 3 (2007)

4.60 avg 21 episodes 5.2 → 6.8 22 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Wife Swap	5.2	15
2	Stop Being All Funky	4.6	13
3	Guess Who Is Coming to Dinner	4.6	19
4	Game Over	4.3	14
5	Trial by Fire: Part 2	4.2	16
7	Crazy in Love	4.1	17
12	Living with Liz	8.2	8
13	Aches and Paynes	3.0	16
14	It's a Boy	4.7	17
15	The Big Bang Theory	3.7	18
16	Step It Up	4.2	17
17	Compromising Positions	5.0	8
23	Expectations	5.4	9
24	Cheers	4.1	14
27	Can I Get a Witness?	3.7	16
28	Commencement Day	3.8	17
29	A Shock to the System	2.9	14
31	Moral Dilemma	4.5	18
32	Sex, Lies and Videotapes	4.5	15
35	The Beat Down	5.1	18
36	Respect Me	6.8	7

Season 4 (2008)

4.52 avg 25 episodes 5.3 → 5.4 22 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Driving Me Crazy	5.3	21
2	Reunited and... It Don't Feel Good	5.2	17
3	What the...?	4.9	18
4	Guys' Night Out, Girls' Night In	3.9	15
5	How Do You Spell... It's All About Me?	4.0	15
6	And... Cut!	4.1	18
7	Old School Vs. New School	4.3	19
8	Fire and Desire	4.7	16
9	Unsung Heroes	4.5	15
10	Pissed, Poor and Paranoid	3.7	16
11	True Lies	5.8	18
12	That Sounds Sweet	4.3	16
13	Meet the Lucases	4.6	18
14	Out on a Limb	3.5	13
15	Can't Buy Me Love	4.0	15
16	To Have and to Hold	4.8	16
17	Unexpected Results	5.8	17
18	Let's Get Ready to Rumble	4.1	15
19	Father's Day	4.5	16
20	Whose Wedding Is It Anyway?	3.8	13
21	All Is Not Lost	6.0	11
22	Party Over Here!	3.3	19
23	The Last Supper	4.0	18
24	We've Come This Far by Faith: Part 1	4.6	19
25	We've Come This Far by Faith: Part 2	5.4	22

Season 5 (2008)

4.17 avg 26 episodes 5.3 → 4.2 22 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Labor Paynes: Part 1	5.3	24
2	Labor Paynes: Part 2	3.7	17
3	Your Wife's a Payne	3.1	16
4	Casa de Payne	3.8	20
5	It's a Payne Growing Up	4.0	18
6	Payne and Prejudice	5.8	17
7	Payneful News	3.3	16
8	Payneful Loss	3.2	13
9	Payneful Employment	4.4	17
10	Slightly Payneful Truth	3.4	16
11	Joy and Payne	3.6	17
12	A Sister's Payne	5.4	19
13	A Grand Payne	5.0	17
14	Games People Play	5.5	17
15	Help Wanted	4.3	15
16	Old Lady Paynes	4.6	14
17	I Don't Know This Payne	3.9	18
18	Paul Mall	5.4	18
19	With Friends Like These	5.7	20
20	The Talent Show	5.9	19
21	Bringing Down the House	2.8	15
22	Moving Day	2.6	56
23	Moving Out	3.9	19
24	Back Where We Belong	2.8	20
25	Surprise! Part 1	2.8	18
26	Surprise!: Part 2	4.2	20

Season 6 (2009)

5.36 avg 36 episodes 4.9 → 5.8 22 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Where's the Payne?	4.9	14
2	Recurring Paynes	4.1	16
3	Wigging Out	4.2	15
4	Payne Speaking	7.2	8
5	Parental Payne	3.6	13
6	Payne, Payne Go Away	7.5	10
7	Marriage Paynes	4.8	8
8	Ms. Curtis	6.6	8
9	Oh Christmas Payne	5.8	8
10	Till Payne Do We Part	3.5	13
11	Payneful Reunion	5.5	9
12	From the Mouths of Babes	4.2	8
14	Lady Sings to Blue	4.4	8
15	Something Brewing	4.7	9
16	Seal of Approval	4.8	8
17	Payneful Pie	4.9	10
18	How Do You Like Your Roast	4.0	13
19	Curtis Sings the Blues	7.0	11
20	Firestorm	4.0	8
21	Heartbeat	3.5	9
22	Through the Fire	4.6	8
23	The Bible: King Payne's Version	3.4	8
24	Matured Investment	7.3	9
25	Who's Your Daddy Now?	5.7	9
28	Watch the Son Shine	5.0	8
29	The Drinking Game	4.8	8
30	Who's on Top	6.4	8
31	Help! Help! Help!	8.0	8
32	Stinging Payne	7.9	10
33	Worth Fighting For	6.6	8
34	Whose Your Nanny	6.8	8
35	The Chef	4.3	9
36	My Fair Curtis	6.3	10
37	Rest for the Weary	6.6	10
38	Thug Life	4.4	8
40	A Payne in Need Is a Pain Indeed	5.8	8

Season 7 (2011)

6.39 avg 60 episodes 6.3 → 6.5 21 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	House Guest	6.3	21
2	Payne Showers	4.9	12
3	Playing with Fire	6.6	12
4	When the Payne's Away	6.1	11
5	Beginnings	4.9	12
6	Payneful Resolution	7.5	15
7	House of Payne Resolution, Resolution	6.0	10
8	House of Payne Growing Paynes	8.4	11
9	Payne Protection	7.0	11
10	Dream Girls	8.0	12
11	Payneful Assistance	7.0	10
12	A Payneful Night Out	7.3	13
13	House of Awkward	6.8	10
14	Brain Payne	6.2	13
15	Foster Paynes	7.6	11
16	Talented Paynes	7.4	12
17	Going, Going, Gone	6.2	9
18	Mother's Day Out	7.3	10
19	So Hard to Say Goodbye	7.3	10
20	A Mother's Payne	6.3	14
21	Payneful Rescue	6.7	14
22	The Payne Gang	6.5	10
23	The Gifted and the Grout	5.8	9
24	Do the Fight Thing	6.9	11
25	Help Me, Ella	6.2	8
26	1096	6.3	10
28	The Best Surprise	5.2	9
29	Number Five's Fight	3.8	9
30	Curtis Jefferson	6.6	17
31	The Rich and Payneless	6.0	11
32	Mentoring Paynes	5.2	10
34	Pledging Paynes	6.3	10
35	Dead Wrong	5.4	9
36	Working Paynes	5.7	10
37	Paynefully Fit	6.5	10
38	Do the Hustle	4.7	14
39	No More Payne	8.1	12
40	God Bless the Paynes	7.4	14
41	Do or Die	6.2	17
42	R.I.P-Rest in Payne	6.0	26
43	Payne-ful Survival	7.1	13
44	Payneful Recovery	6.9	13
45	House of Nightmares	5.3	11
46	In Payne	5.1	11
47	Daddy Day Scare	5.2	10
48	Payback	5.5	10
49	Pills and Thrills	6.8	10
50	Scars of Payne	7.2	10
51	Roommate Paynes	6.6	9
52	Guess Who Came to Breakfast	7.2	9
53	Down for the Count	6.8	9
57	House of Forced Closure	7.5	10
58	Payneful Injection	5.7	10
59	Stop/Drop and Roll	6.8	9
60	Payneful Matrimony	5.8	9
61	Epic Fail	6.2	9
62	No Pass, No Play	5.0	9
63	Praying for Attention	8.0	9
66	What You Know About Me	5.8	10
67	If it Ain't Broke	6.5	9

Season 8 (2012)

5.83 avg 20 episodes 7.2 → 7.1 19 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Right Turn	7.2	11
2	The Loan Ranger	6.6	12
3	Payneful Divorce	6.2	11
4	Up to the Challenge	6.8	9
5	House of Sabotage	6.6	12
6	Payneful Pop In	7.4	13
7	House of OMG	6.1	13
8	Keep It Moving	5.3	12
9	Bake, Rattle and Roll	5.5	10
10	Dodging Bullies	6.1	12
11	Payneful Distance	5.7	11
12	Not in the Cards	6.5	11
13	All Work and No Play	5.2	10
14	Amazing Matriarchs	6.7	11
15	First Dance	4.2	14
16	Invention of Trust	3.3	11
17	Payneful Realization	4.4	12
18	Trial and Tribulation	5.3	10
19	The Call Back	4.3	10
20	All's Well	7.1	16

Season 9 (2020)

8.43 avg 25 episodes 8.0 → 8.2 21 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Wise Man's Opinion	8.0	31
2	Delicious	8.1	33
3	By Your Side	8.2	31
4	The Old People Game	8.5	27
5	Women of Today	8.4	20
6	Mixed Emotions	8.2	21
7	Love and Hate	8.5	21
8	From Heart to Heart	8.6	17
9	Someone	8.8	21
10	Something's Rotten	8.6	18
11	Hard Lessons	8.7	20
12	Lucky Cards	8.3	17
13	Moving On	8.7	16
14	Been a Long Time	9.1	21
15	J. Boogie	9.0	26
16	The Dinosaur and the Rabbit	7.9	19
17	Dark Thirty	8.5	19
18	Out of Character	8.1	18
19	The Package	8.4	19
20	If You Loved Me	8.7	19
21	The Big Game	8.0	17
22	Give and Take	8.3	19
23	Parenting 101	8.4	19
24	Ya' Hearrrd Me	8.5	17
25	Woman Of The Night	8.2	21

Season 10 (2021)

7.90 avg 22 episodes 8.7 → 8.1 21 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Whiplash	8.7	20
2	A Payneful Lesson	8.5	14
3	All Lumped Together	7.9	18
4	Back That Thang Up	8.1	14
5	Sauce Bosses	8.2	13
6	Missing Mustard Seeds	7.6	13
7	In the Hot Seat	8.0	12
8	Karen	7.8	15
9	Me Against the World	7.7	15
10	Pow Wow at the Paynes	6.9	13
11	Bearer of Bad News	7.9	11
12	Fake Newsletters	8.5	12
13	Home Invaders	4.7	17
14	DNAin't	7.9	13
15	Stop Shop And Roll	7.8	11
16	Paynefully Honest	8.3	12
17	Wondering Prince	8.2	11
18	A Little Discipline	8.1	10
19	A Payneful Compromise	7.8	10
20	Fine Wine	8.6	22
21	The First Day	8.6	15
22	Payneful Suffering	8.1	12

Season 11 (2022)

7.37 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 7.8 21 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	What's In A Payne Name	7.8	13
2	Major Payne	7.6	12
3	Bag Men	7.5	11
4	H.O Hate	8.0	12
5	Meme, Myself and I	7.6	12
6	Good Will Nothing	7.3	11
7	Payne-Ting	4.6	15
8	A Payne-ful Interview	7.5	13
9	Woman to Woman	7.9	14
10	It Was All a Dream	8.4	21
11	Payneful Plan	7.5	12
12	Going to the Chapel and Not Getting Married	7.3	14
13	Unwelcomed Neighbors	7.5	11
14	Cracked Nest Egg	7.0	11
15	The Paranoid and the Private	7.6	10
16	Of Mice & Men	7.2	9
17	Insecurity System	6.9	10
18	Hashtag Help	6.7	10
19	Mr. Bills	7.3	10
20	Coco Parenting	8.0	12
21	So Nice to Meet You	7.2	9
22	Payneful Patriarch	7.8	11

Season 12 (2023)

8.15 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 8.4 21 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Like New Money	7.9	18
2	Just Payne Trippin	8.5	16
3	Les Boss Sauce	8.3	13
4	One Legged Funeral Director	7.9	14
5	Forget Me Not	8.4	11
6	Encouragement	7.8	16
7	Balancing Payne	8.1	9
8	Paynes in the Butt	7.9	13
9	Deena	8.6	12
10	The New Praisers	8.1	18
11	Model Behavior	7.7	11
12	I Am Handy Woman, Hear Me Roar	7.6	11
13	Make It Rain	9.1	20
14	Out in the Open	8.5	17
15	Say My Name	8.2	14
16	Zaddy	8.6	18
17	El Capitan	8.0	11
18	To Jump or Not To Jump	7.9	11
19	They Call Me Chef Payne	7.9	10
20	Run Them Pockets	8.2	11
21	Double Trouble	7.8	9
22	True Measures	8.4	12

Season 13 (2024)

8.39 avg 22 episodes 8.5 → 8.1 21 min avg

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Piece by Piece	8.5	18
2	Adjust Your Crown, Sis	8.8	17
3	No Bueno	8.5	14
4	Failure to Succeed	8.5	16
5	Love Yourz	8.3	17
6	The Chicken or the Egg	8.5	15
7	I Wanna Dance With Somebody	8.3	16
8	A Payneful Father's Day	8.6	15
9	Hut-Hut Psyche	7.7	13
10	Final Answer	8.1	14
11	All Hands on Deck	8.5	14
12	Breakup To Makeup	8.7	14
13	If It Ain't Broke	8.3	13
14	House Of Funk	8.3	12
15	Barracuda Pool	8.1	14
16	Paynefully Moving On	8.4	14
17	Tricks No Treats	8.4	10
18	Love At First Swipe	8.4	10
19	House of Cards	8.5	13
20	The Incomparable Ella	8.6	13
21	Houston, We've Got a Problem	8.5	12
22	House of Love	8.1	16

Season 14 (2025)

8.28 avg 18 episodes 8.5 → 8.0

Rollercoaster

Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	House of Realization	8.5	19
2	Doing the Work	8.4	16
3	House of Outrage	8.4	17
4	The Talk	8.2	18
5	House of Tough Decisions	9.1	17
6	House of Bad Neighbors	8.8	19
7	Burying the Hatchet	7.9	14
8	House of Probation	8.9	15
9	House of Second Chances	8.9	15
10	Protector in Chief	9.1	18
11	The Storm	8.4	9
12	House of Change	7.7	11
13	House of Final Chapters	7.0	9
14	A Brother's Love	7.0	11
15	Can We Have Dinner	8.1	11
16	Hanging Solo	8.2	6
17	A Chicken Dinner	8.5	7
22	The Stages of Love	8.0	8

House of Payne (2006)

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