List of programs broadcast by BET

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This is a list of current and upcoming programming on BET (Black Entertainment Television).

Current programming[]

Original programming[]

Drama[]

Title Genre Premiere Seasons Length Status
Tales Drama June 27, 2017 2 seasons, 18 episodes 37–80 min. Renewed[1]
American Soul Drama/Thriller February 5, 2019 2 seasons, 18 episodes 26–39 min. Pending
Games People Play Sports Drama April 23, 2019 2 seasons, 20 episodes 40–41 min. Pending
The Oval Soap opera October 23, 2019 3 seasons, 61 episodes 41–43 min. Season 3 ongoing
Sistas Comedy-drama, romance, thriller 4 seasons, 73 episodes 31–42 min. Season 4 ongoing

Comedy[]

Title Genre Premiere Seasons Length Status
Twenties Comedy March 4, 2020 2 seasons, 18 episodes 20–22 min. Pending
Tyler Perry's Assisted Living Sitcom September 2, 2020 2 seasons, 47 episodes 18–21 min. Renewed[2]

Unscripted[]

Docuseries[]
Title Genre Premiere Seasons Length Status
Boiling Point Docuseries February 21, 2021 1 season, 6 episodes 41 min. Pending
Disrupt & Dismantle 1 season, 6 episodes 41 min. Pending
Reality[]
Title Genre Premiere Seasons Length Status
BET Presents: The Encore Music June 9, 2021 1 season, 10 episodes 39–40 min. Pending
Variety[]
Title Genre Premiere Seasons Length Status
Twenties After-Show With B. Scott Talk show October 13, 2021 1 season, 10 episodes 20 min. Pending

Continuations[]

These shows have been picked up by BET for additional seasons after having aired previous seasons on another network.

Title Genre Prev. network(s) Premiere Seasons Length Status
Tyler Perry's House of Payne (season 9–10) Sitcom TBS September 2, 2020 2 seasons, 47 episodes 12–23 min. Renewed[2]

Award shows[]

Acquired programming[]

  • The Parkers (2003–2009; 2011–2013; 2019)
  • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (2014)
  • Martin (2015)
  • Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2015)
  • Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (2016)
  • Black-ish (2018)
  • First Wives Club (2021)
  • Bigger (2021)
  • Ruthless (2021)
  • American Gangster: Trap Queens (2021)
  • Survivor's Remorse (2021)
  • The Family Business (2021)
  • The Chi (2021)
  • Celebrity Family Feud (2021)
  • Living Single (2021)
  • Bruh (2022)
  • New York Undercover (2022)

Upcoming programming[]

Drama[]

Title Genre Premiere Seasons Length Status
Uptown[3] Drama TBA TBA TBA Miniseries order

Comedy[]

Title Genre Premiere Seasons Length Status
The Archer Connection Comedy TBA TBA TBA Series order

Co-productions[]

Title Genre Partner/Country Premiere Seasons Length Status
Long Slow Exhale[4] Drama/Sports Spectrum Originals/United States TBA 1 season, 12 episodes TBA Filming

In development[]

Title Genre Status
Black Mambas[5] Drama In development
Sister Code[6] Legal drama
W.H.I.P.s[7] Comedy

Former programming[]

Original programming[]

Dramas[]

  • Being Mary Jane (2013–2019)
  • Rebel (2017)
  • The Quad (2017–2018)
  • Hit the Floor (2018)
  • In Contempt (2018)
  • The Family Business (season 1) (2018; moved to BET+)

Comedies[]

  • The Way We Do It (2001-2002)
  • Cita's World (1999–2003)
  • Hey Monie! (2003)
  • Somebodies (2008)
  • The Game (2011–2015)
  • Let's Stay Together (2011–2014)
  • Reed Between the Lines (2011)
  • Second Generation Wayans (2013)
  • Zoe Ever After (2016)
  • 50 Central (2017)
  • The Comedy Get Down (2017)
  • Boomerang (2019–2020)[8]

Miniseries[]

  • Madiba (2017)
  • The New Edition Story (2017)
  • The Bobby Brown Story (2018)

Docuseries[]

  • Death Row Chronicles (2018)
  • CopWatch America (2019)
  • Murder in the Thirst (2019)
  • No Limit Chronicles (2020)
  • Ruff Ryders Chronicles (2020)
  • Klutch Academy (2021)

Reality & competition series[]

  • ComicView (1992–2008, 2014)
  • Testimony (2000–2004)
  • How I'm Living (2001–2003)
  • The Center (2002–2007)
  • Coming to the Stage (2003)
  • College Hill (2004–2009)
  • Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is (2006–2008)
  • Baldwin Hills (2007–2009)
  • Hell Date (2007–2008)
  • Sunday Best (2007–2015, 2019)
  • Brothers to Brutha (2008)
  • Iron Ring (2008)
  • Harlem Heights (2009)
  • Tiny and Toya (2009–2010)
  • The Family Crews (2010–2011)
  • The Michael Vick Project (2010)
  • Trey Songz: My Moment (2010)
  • Keyshia & Daniel: Family First (2012)
  • Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013–2016)
  • Just Keke (2014)
  • Nellyville (2014–2015)
  • The BET Life Of... (2015)
  • DeSean Jackson: Home Team (2015)
  • It's a Mann's World (2015)
  • Keyshia Cole: All In (2015)
  • Punk'd (2015)
  • The Westbrooks (2015)
  • The Xperiment (2015)
  • About the Business (2016)
  • Chasing Destiny (2016)
  • Criminals at Work (2016)
  • The Gary Owen Show (2016)
  • Ink, Paper, Scissors (2016)
  • Music Moguls (2016)
  • Gucci Mane & Keyshia Ka'oir The Main Event (2017)
  • The Grand Hustle (2018)
  • Hustle in Brooklyn (2018)
  • RAQ Rants (2018)
  • Ladies' Night (2019)
  • The Next Big Thing (2019)
  • DJ Caution: Block Party

Music & award shows[]

  • Bobby Jones Gospel (1980–2016)
  • Video Soul (1981–1996)
  • Video Vibrations (1984–1997)
  • Midnight Love (1985–2005)
  • Softnotes (1987–1991)
  • Video LP (1986–1993)
  • Rap City (1989–2008)
  • Video Gospel (1989, 2000–2005, 2010–2011)
  • All (1991–2000)
  • Planet Groove (1996–1999)
  • Jam Zone/Cita's World (1997–2003)
  • Videolink (1997–2000, 2001–2002)
  • Hits: From the Streets (1999–2003)
  • Lift Every Voice (1999–2017)
  • AM @ BET (2000–2001)
  • 106 & Park (2000–2014)
  • BET Next (2000–2006)
  • BET:iNY (2000–2002)
  • Access Granted (2001–2010)
  • BET: Uncut (2001–2006)
  • BET.COM Countdown (2001–2006)
  • BET's Top 25 (2001–2008)
  • Celebration of Gospel (2001)
  • BET Start (2002–2005; 2006)
  • 106 & Park Prime (2003–2004)
  • BET Music (2003–2008)
  • BET Now (2003–2008)
  • The Center (2003–2007)
  • BET After Dark (2004–2007)
  • Top 20 Countdown (2005–2013)
  • Top 50 (2005–2006)
  • Remixed! (2005–2006)
  • Hotwyred (2006)
  • The 5ive (2007)
  • BET Honors (2008)
  • The Deal (2008–2010)
  • 106 & Gospel (2009)
  • Joyful Noise (2016–2017)
  • One Shot (2016–2017)
  • The Pull Up
  • The Heart
  • Black Girls Rock! (2010)

Specials[]

  • Spring Bling (1997–2010)
  • Notarized (1999–2014)
  • Rip the Runway (2005–2013)
  • A Very BET Christmas (2010–2011)
  • BET News Justice for Us: A BET Town Hall Live (2014)
  • Saving Our Selves (2020)

Entertainment series[]

News series[]

Game shows[]

  • Tell Me Something Good (1988–1989)
  • Triple Threat (1992–1993)
  • Take the Cake (2007)
  • Black Card Revoked (2018)

Sports programming[]

  • Black College Football (1981–2005)
  • ABL on BET (1996–1998)
  • BET's MAAD Sports (1998–2000)
  • Roc Nation Sports Live Boxing (2015)
  • Daily Sports Break Guy

Talk shows[]

  • Teen Summit (1989–2002)
  • Oh, Drama! (2000–2001)
  • The Mo'Nique Show (2009–2011)
  • The Rundown with Robin Thede (2017–2018)
  • Mancave (2018)
  • Personal Diary

Children's shows[]

  • Story Porch (1992–1996)
  • The Fabulous Reggae Dogs (1995)

Syndicated programming[]

Situation comedies[]

  • Soap (1989)
  • Sanford and Son (1989–1991; 1996)
  • Sanford (1991–1997; 2008)
  • What's Happening!! (1993–1995)
  • What's Happening Now!! (1993–1995)
  • Roc (1994–1996; 2004)
  • Benson (1995–1997)
  • Rosie (1995–2001)
  • Thea (1995–1999; 2008)
  • 227 (1997–1999)
  • Gimme a Break! (1997–2000)
  • Sparks (1998–2000)
  • Amen (1999–2001)
  • The Cosby Show (2004–2007)
  • Girlfriends (2004–2011; 2019)
  • Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (2004–2005)
  • The Hughleys (2005–2006)
  • In Living Color (2005–2008; 2010)
  • The Jamie Foxx Show (2005–2008; 2009–2016)
  • Cosby (2006–2008)
  • The Facts of Life (2006–2007)
  • The Wayans Bros. (2006–2008; 2014–2016)
  • Diff'rent Strokes (2008)
  • Fatherhood (2008–2009)
  • Malcolm & Eddie (2008)
  • One on One (2008–2010)
  • Smart Guy (2008–2009)
  • The Steve Harvey Show (2008–2011; 2014; 2019)
  • The Bernie Mac Show (2009–2012; 2017)
  • Family Matters (2009–2014)
  • Sister, Sister (2009–2010)
  • City Guys (2010)
  • My Wife and Kids (2011–2014)
  • Moesha (2013–2014)
  • Family Feud (2014)
  • Instant Mom (2014)
  • Eve (2016)
  • In the House (2016)
  • George Lopez (2017)
  • A Different World (2018–2020)
  • Everybody Hates Chris (2018)
  • The Neighborhood (2020)
  • The Good Fight (2020)
  • The Cleveland Show (2020–21)

Dramas[]

  • Soul Food (2004–2005)
  • The Wire (2006–2008)
  • Scandal (2013–2017)
  • Black&SexyTV (2015)

News parody/satire[]

  • Dish Nation (2016)

Talk shows[]

  • Montel Williams (2008–2009)
  • The Wendy Williams Show (2009–2017) (moved to Bounce TV)
  • The Queen Latifah Show (2014–2015)
  • The Real (2014–2017) (moved to Bounce TV)

Children's shows[]

  • Just Jordan (2007–2009)
  • Romeo! (2007–2009)
  • True Jackson, VP (2009)
  • Black Panther (2011)

Notes[]

References[]

  1. ^ Otterson, Joe (March 22, 2021). "Patrick Coker, Adam Wiesen to Serve as Head Writers on 'Tales' Season 3 at BET (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  2. ^ a b "Tyler Perry Brings More Laughs to BET with the Return of "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" and "Tyler Perry's Assisted Living" May 25" (Press release). BET. May 3, 2021 – via The Futon Critic.
  3. ^ "BET Networks Announces New Scripted Miniseries "Uptown"" (Press release). BET. December 4, 2019 – via The Futon Critic.
  4. ^ Petski, Denise (March 24, 2021). "'Long Slow Exhale': Lyriq Bent, Shalini Bathina, Ian Harding Among 13 Cast In Basketball Drama Series At Spectrum Originals". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  5. ^ Petski, Denise (June 20, 2019). "BET Developing Female Biker Drama 'Black Mambas' From 'Rebel' Creator". Deadline Hollywood.
  6. ^ Petski, Denise (August 9, 2019). "'Sister Code' Family Legal Drama From Gregg McBride & Blair Underwood Being Eyed At BET". Deadline Hollywood.
  7. ^ Petski, Denise (August 23, 2019). "BET Developing 'W.H.I.P.s' Comedy From Alyson Fouse, Page Hurwitz, Wanda Sykes & Tom Werner". Deadline Hollywood.
  8. ^ Mangum, Trey. "'Boomerang': Lena Waithe Confirms BET Series Won't Be Back After 2 Seasons". Shadow and Act. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  9. ^ "Digital Archive Login". LibLynx. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
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