Teen Summit
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Teen Summit | |
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Genre | Talk Show |
Created by | Sheila Johnson |
Developed by | Byrd/George Productions |
Written by | |
Directed by | Rick Johnson Alisa McCoy Cindy Birch Nia Hill Mercedes Funderburk (talent) |
Presented by | Jay Cooper Dajour Gabrielle Dennis Cinque Glendy Belma Johnson Marcelle Larice Ananda Lewis Tisha Lewis |
Country of origin | United States Of America |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 11 |
Production | |
Executive producers | |
Producers | Timiza Sanyika Zahrah Farmer Sharifa Johka Cindy Birch Fran Toliver Edwards John 'Dr. Teeth" Tucker Danielle Lazerous |
Editors | Amber McKenzie (assistant editor) |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | BET |
Original release | September 16, 1989 August 31, 2002 | –
Teen Summit is an American talk show for youth that aired on Black Entertainment Television (BET) from September 16, 1989 to August 31, 2002. In recent years it has returned as a very occasional special to the network's schedule.
Background[]
Created by Black Entertainment Television chief operating officer Sheila Johnson, and award-winning, originating broadcast producer Tony Regusters, Teen Summit dealt with the everyday issues teenagers face and attempted, often successfully, to bring them into perspective, and positive, uplifting light, while motivating teen viewers and also their families to dialogue and discuss the subjects presented on the weekly, one-hour, live show! After the original program host, Lisa Johnson moved on, various others filled the hosting vacuum, including Dajour Bullock and Ananda Lewis...
Cancellation and subsequent specials[]
After 13 years, Teen Summit was cancelled on August 31, 2002. Since then, it has returned twice, as a special called Teen Summit: Backstage Pass on June 21, 2007, then on June 25, 2017 as a part of that year's "BET Experience" festival in Los Angeles, hosted by Mindless Behavior's Princeton Perez.[1]
Hosts and hostesses[]
- .... Host (2000)
- Jay Cooper .... Host (2000–2003)
- .... Host (1994–1998)
- Gabrielle Dennis .... Hostess (1998–2000)
- .... Hostess (1996–2001) (as On Jam Fran)
- .... Host (2002–2003)
- .... Host 1994
- .... Hostess (2002–2003) (as Marcelle Kroll)
- Ananda Lewis .... Host (1994–1997)
- .... Host (1989–1994)
Other performers[]
- DJ Cocoa Chanelle... DJ (1994–2001)
- .... Correspondent/Posse Member (1999–2002)
- Yolonda D. Coleman, Posse Member (1989–1994)
- Krystal Glenn .... Correspondent/Posse Member (1992–1995)
- Nicole Renee Harris ... Posse Co-host (1989–1992)
- Kenji Jasper ... Posse Member (1989–1993)
- Tisha Lewis .... Correspondent/Posse Member (1996–2002)
- Jacob Perez (2017)
- Derrell Ross (D-knott)...Dancer/Segment Co-Producer (1994–1999)
References[]
- ^ "Teen Summit Returns for the Culture". BET.com. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
External links[]
- Teen Summit at IMDb
- 1989 American television series debuts
- 2002 American television series endings
- 1980s American television talk shows
- 1990s American television talk shows
- 2000s American television talk shows
- BET original programming
- English-language television shows
- Television talk show stubs