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EXCLUSIVE: Nick Barrotta, who has recurred as Allan since the first season of BET’s Tyler Perry’s The Oval, has been been promoted to series regular for the upcoming third season, and Kaye Singleton (Don’t Waste Your Pretty) and Russell Thomas (Jane The Virgin) have been cast as new series regulars for season 3, which…

EXCLUSIVE: BET has partnered with Kin on new digital lifestyle series Celebrity Stash. The eight-episode first season will give fans a look into the homes of some of their favorite stars, including Amara La Negra, Bow Wow, Eva Marcille, Safaree, Young M.A., Yandy Smith-Harris, B Simone, and Letoya Luckett. The series…

EXCLUSIVE: BET+'s The Family Business has added Nazo Bravo in a recurring role for season three. Bravo, who has appeared in series including CBS' NCIS: LA and TNT's Southland, will play Russian oligarch Demetri Igor in the third season of Carl Weber's drama. It comes as the series, which is based on Weber's…

BET used Sunday’s BET Awards to launch a new logo designs as part of a rebrand at the ViacomCBS-owned network. The new look stretches across its BET+, BET Her, BET X, BET Jams and BET Soul verticals, and was displayed prominently during last night’s live broadcast from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. "The Black…

The BET Awards 2021 air on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET/PT across BET, BET Her, Logo, MTV, MTV2, TV Land and VH1. Taraji P. Henson is hosting the event live from the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles after the ceremony went virtual in 2020. The annual awards celebrate the year in Black music, TV, film, sports and…

Taraji P. Henson is set as host of the 2021 BET Awards, which will be handed out this month. BET also said today that Emmy winner and The Equalizer star Queen Latifah will receive the show’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The in-person ceremony, whose theme this year is “Year of the Black Woman,” is set for 8 p.m. June…

EXCLUSIVE: Traci Blackwell has stepped down as EVP, Scripted Programming for BET Networks after a year and a half, a network spokesperson confirmed to Deadline. A replacement will be announced shortly. Based in Los Angeles and reporting to BET Networks President Scott Mills, Blackwell led development, casting and…

EXCLUSIVE: BET+ is gearing up for the second season of Tyler Perry’s Bruh. The 19-episode dramedy returns for Season 2 on Thursday, May 27 with three episodes at launch, then moving a to a weekly rollout every Thursday thereafter. Shawn Vaughn (This is 20), Quei Tann (How To Get Away With Murder), Liz Lafontant (The Ov…

(Updated with statement from T.I.’s lawyer) Already facing public allegations from nearly a dozen women of sexually assaulting and drugging them, T.I. is now in the spotlight of the Los Angeles Police Department. "There is an active investigation into Clifford Harris," Officer William Cooper of the LAPD told Deadline…

EXCLUSIVE: More Tyler Perry’s House of Payne and Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living is on the way. Amid strong ratings, BET has renewed both series ahead of their upcoming season premieres, House of Payne for a ninth season and Assisted Living for a third season. The network also announced a May 25 premiere date for House o…

Marijuana laws have disproportionately impacted African-Americans going back decades. Last year the ACLU issued a report that found, “on average, a Black person is 3.64 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than a white person, even though Black and white people use marijuana at similar rates." The…

Two of the people behind the 2020 BET Awards — a high-wire act in terms of logistics and fast-changing societal events — say to pull it off they leaned on history and the talent community. Producer Jesse Collins and Connie Orlando, EVP Specials, Music Programming & Music Strategy for BET, took viewers behind the…