UPDATED with the official announcement. Viacom has made it official, announcing the fall launch of a new streaming service from BET and Tyler Perry, BET+. Two weeks ago, Deadline reported that the venture was in the offing. The formal press release offered a couple of new details, notably the first original series…

The 19th Annual BET Awards take place today at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. The show, which celebrates African-American achievement in music, movies and sports, will be hosted by Girls Trip and Black Monday actress Regina Hall. Cardi B leads with seven nominations, including best female hip-hop…

The BET Awards have added more performers to the lineup for Sunday’s show. This week, BET Networks announced the addition of several popular hip-hop, R&B and gospel artists, including Meek Mill, Fantasia, DaBaby, Jeremih, Kirk Franklin, Erica Campbell, Kelly Price, Jonathan McReynolds and James Funk of Rare…

EXCLUSIVE: BET Networks has put into development Black Mambas a one-hour drama from Rebel creator Amani Walker. Black Mambas is the journey of four powerful women who are bikers and grow tired of the violent crimes and injustice in their hometown of New Orleans and decide to take justice into their own hands. Salli…

Tyler Perry has set his first series at BET as part of his multi-year content deal with Viacom. White House drama series The Oval, starring Ed Quinn, Kron Moore, Paige Hurd and Daniel Croix Henderson, will begin principal photography this summer at Tyler Perry Studios. Written, directed and executive produced by…

BET has unveiled its lineup of guests and participants for the inaugural social impact conference, META (Media, Entertainment and Technology Alliance) Convened by BET Networks. The two-day invitation-only event takes place June 20-21 in Los Angeles and serves as a lead-up to BET's annual BET Experience and BET…

Former CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill is set to host a morning digital talk show titled Black Coffee for BET. After revealing last month at Viacom's NewFronts presentation that the series would debut sometime this year, the cable network announced Tuesday it will launch on Monday, June 3 at 10 a.m. ET, across…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details on tonight's series finale of BET’s Being Mary Jane. After four seasons of failed relationships and family drama, BET’s Being Mary Jane came to a dramatic conclusion Tuesday night. The two-hour series finale gave Gabrielle Union's character Mary Jane Paul and fans, the…

Jussie Smollett’s older brother JoJo Smollett thinks the Empire actor received “unjust” treatment by the Chicago Police Department. In an op-ed titled What If Jussie Is Telling the Truth, which was published Saturday by BET, JoJo said his brother has been forced to endure “attacks to his character” because of the…

Viacom's BET is exploring the men and women on the front lines fighting police brutality and injustice in a ten-part series from Critical Content-backed Renowned Films. Copwatch America marks the biggest commission to date for the British production company, which has offices in LA and which Tom Forman's Critical owns…

On the heels of the second season pickup of Lena Waithe’s critically-acclaimed Boomerang reboot, BET has ordered Twenties, a single-camera comedy series from the Emmy-winning creator/writer/actor. Created and written by Waithe when she was in her early 20s, the eight-episode half-hour series follows the adventures of…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about the season finale of Boomerang. When it was announced that Lena Waithe was teaming with Halle Berry to bring the wildly underrated ’90s rom-com to BET as a television series, diehard fans of the original were giddy with excitement as the new iteration set out to…