List of programs broadcast by BET
This is a list of current, former, and upcoming programming on BET (Black Entertainment Television).
Current programming
[change | change source]Original programming
[change | change source]Drama
[change | change source]Title | Genre | Premiere | Seasons | Length | |
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Tales | Drama | June 27, 2017 | 2 seasons, 18 episodes | 37–80 min. | |
American Soul | Drama/Thriller | February 5, 2019 | 2 seasons, 18 episodes | 26–39 min. | |
Games People Play | Sports Drama | April 23, 2019 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes | 40–41 min. | |
The Oval | Soap opera/Political drama | October 23, 2019 | 3 seasons, 69 episodes | 41–43 min. | |
Sistas | Comedy drama, romance, thriller | 4 seasons, 89 episodes | 31–42 min. | ||
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Comedy
[change | change source]Title | Genre | Premiere | Seasons | Length | |
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Twenties | Comedy | March 4, 2020 | 2 seasons, 18 episodes | 20–22 min. | |
Tyler Perry's Assisted Living | Sitcom | September 2, 2020 | 3 seasons, 57 episodes | 18–21 min. | |
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Unscripted
[change | change source]Docuseries
[change | change source]Title | Genre | Premiere | Seasons | Length | |
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Boiling Point | Docuseries | February 21, 2021 | 1 season, 6 episodes | 41 min. | |
Disrupt & Dismantle | 1 season, 6 episodes | 41 min. | |||
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Reality
[change | change source]Title | Genre | Premiere | Seasons | Length | |
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BET Presents: The Encore | Music | June 9, 2021 | 1 season, 10 episodes | 39–40 min. | |
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Variety
[change | change source]Title | Genre | Premiere | Seasons | Length | |
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Twenties After-Show With B. Scott | Talk show | October 13, 2021 | 1 season, 10 episodes | 20 min. | |
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Continuations
[change | change source]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 |
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Tyler Perry's House of Payne (season 9–11) | Sitcom | TBS | September 2, 2020 | 3 seasons, 57 episodes | 12–23 min. | Pending |
Award shows
[change | change source]- BET Awards (2001)
- BET Hip Hop Awards (2006)
- Soul Train Music Awards (2009)
- BET Gospel Awards (2005)
- NAACP Image Awards (2020)
Acquired programming
[change | change source]- 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)
- Ruthless (2020)
- First Wives Club (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)
- The Game (2022)
- The Ms. Pat Show (2022)
- Ambitions (2022)
- Kingdom Business (2022)
- All the Queen's Men (2022)
- College Hill: Celebrity Edition (2022)
Former programming
[change | change source]Original programming
[change | change source]Dramas
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- Cita's World (1999–2003)
- The Way We Do It (2001–2002)
- 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)
Miniseries
[change | change source]- Madiba (2017)
- The New Edition Story (2017)
- The Bobby Brown Story (2018)
Docuseries
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- Karen's Kitchen (1982)
- BET Style (2004–2006)
- The Black Carpet (2006–2008)
News series
[change | change source]- Screen Scene (1990–1997)
- BET Nightly News (2002–2005)
- Don't Sleep! (2012)
Game shows
[change | change source]- Tell Me Something Good (1988–1989)
- Triple Threat (1992–1993)
- Take the Cake (2007)
- Black Card Revoked (2018)
Sports programming
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- Story Porch (1992–1996)
- The Fabulous Reggae Dogs (1995)
Syndicated programming
[change | change source]Situation comedies
[change | change source]- 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 Parkers (2003–2009; 2011–2013; 2019–2022)
- 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)
- Bigger (2021–22)
Dramas
[change | change source]News parody/satire
[change | change source]- Dish Nation (2016)
Talk shows
[change | change source]- The Montel Williams Show (2008–2009)
- The Wendy Williams Show (2009–2017)
- The Queen Latifah Show (2014–2015)
- The Real (2014–2017)
Children's shows
[change | change source]- Just Jordan (2007–2009)
- Romeo! (2007–2009)
- True Jackson, VP (2009)
- Black Panther (2011)