The Oval is getting ready to take its final bow, with BET confirming that Tyler Perry’s long-running White House drama will return for a seventh and last season on May 20. After years of betrayal, power plays, and family dysfunction wrapped in politics, the Franklin family is heading back into the spotlight for one more round.
According to the network, the final season finds Hunter and Victoria Franklin trying to regain control through a “Make The Franklins Great Again” campaign, while new threats close in from outside enemies and people within their own circle. The series has built its reputation on chaos, secrets, and over-the-top twists, so a final 22-episode run sounds like it will lean fully into the pressure building around the family and the country they’re trying to dominate.
The cast returning for the last chapter includes Ed Quinn, Kron Moore, Javon Johnson, Ptosha Storey, Daniel Croix Henderson, Lodric Collins, Walter Fauntleroy, Taja V. Simpson, Brad Benedict, Travis Cure, Bill Barrett, Nick Barrotta, Kaye Singleton, and Russell Thomas. New episodes will drop weekly on Paramount+ early on release days before airing later that night on BET, with the season scheduled to continue through Sept. 30.
The announcement also lands during a strong moment for Tyler Perry overall, as he is set to receive the Innovator Award at the 2026 Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards. That honor speaks to the larger footprint he’s had across television, film, and Black entertainment, especially for audiences who have followed his work from stage plays to studio empire.
For a lot of viewers, The Oval has never just been about political scandal. It has been part soap opera, part social commentary, and part reminder that Black-led TV can be messy, bold, and impossible to ignore. As the series closes out, it leaves behind a legacy that reflects the kind of appointment television many fans still love to debate in group chats and living rooms alike.
