BET is a sad excuse for cable TV. BET is now owned by Viacom who also owns MTV, VH1, and I think UPN. You would think BET would get a little bit more money to produce some new shows.
BET would do better showing the reruns of Black shows (i.e., Sanford & Son) and be more like a TV Land and Nick at Nite. They could do some reality shows (and reality shows do not cost that much to produce). But of course, it's cheaper to produce a video show than a TV show. And since there primary target audience are teenagers, they will continue to feature T&A and comic view.
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Originally posted by Tanzanite
I do think that black hollywood lacks originality. While watching Brown Sugar, I was thinking to myself they are going to typecast Sanaa Lathan. Although, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, it related to Love and B-ball so much.
Speaking of black entertainment, everytime I turn to BET I get frustrated at their MTV copycat shows. How I'm Livin, Turnstyle, Access Granted just like MTV Cribs, Diary, and Making the Video and how many video shows do you need in one day. Aren't there any other quality shows that you think black people want to see.
Just my $0.13 cents.
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