Leslie Jones set to host the 2017 BET Awards

Just after the finale of Saturday Night Live’s 42nd season – and less than a year after she was tapped… MORE

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Leslie Jones set to host the 2017 BET Awards

Just after the finale of Saturday Night Live’s 42nd season – and less than a year after she was tapped… MORE

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Leslie Jones Will Host This Year’s BET Awards

Saturday Night Live’s Leslie Jones just got her first awards show hosting gig. People reports that Jones has signed on to host the 2017 BET Awards, which will air on the network next month. Here’s what Jones told People on the news: I am tired of everybody being sad and angry. I want people to […]

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BET greenlights new comedies from Steve Harvey, Wanda Sykes, Kevin Hart, and 50 Cent

Get ready for a big slate of new comedies from BET: the network just greenlit a handful of series, including… MORE

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BET Orders Shows from Kevin Hart, Wanda Sykes, 50 Cent, and More

In addition to ordering a weekly late night show produced by Chris Rock and hosted by Robin Thede, BET has added some more comedy selections to its lineup. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has ordered a Kevin Hart-produced comedy called Divorce Saved My Marriage, a late night show produced by Steve Harvey, a […]

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BET’s full late-night revamp for 2017 includes Deon Cole game show, 50 Cent variety show and more

BET may have leaked word early about the network’s upcoming new late-night talk show hosted by former Nightly Show head writer/correspondent Robin Thede (and executive produced by Chris Rock), but BET actually has a whole slate of late-night programming coming later in 2017. Among the offerings: A variety show fronted by 50 Cent, a game […]

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BET re-enters late-night talk sphere in Fall 2017 with Robin Thede’s “The Rundown”

BET hasn’t had a full-fledged late-night talk show since Mo’Nique went nightly back in 2009-2011. The network is diving back in this fall with Robin Thede’s The Rundown. BET is giving The Rundown an initial 24-week order; it’ll air weekly for a half-hour, with a launch date and time to be announced. The Hollywood Reporter broke […]

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BET Orders a Weekly Late Night Show Produced by Chris Rock and Hosted by Robin Thede

Former Nightly Show head writer and performer Robin Thede is headed to BET for a new late night show. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has ordered 24 episodes of a weekly late night show hosted by Thede and produced by Chris Rock called The Rundown, which Thede and Rock started developing last year. […]

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