Black Entertainment Television enters the new year on a mission to give itself a facelift. REGINALD HUDLIN will assume full control of the network’s programming and content. I welcome this transition because I feel like B.E.T. and sister network M.T.V. are this planet’s most important cultural institutions. It’s high time that parent company ViaCom poured some substantial resources into their B.E.T. brand. There are times that B.E.T.’s content appears to have been created with the same production equipment from DONNIE SIMPSON’s heyday.
The problem that I have with B.E.T. isn’t so much about what they air on the network because it generally mimics the shows that you see on M.T.V. or VH-1 . My problem has been the lack of production resources allocated to B.E.T.’s core shows. 106th & Park shouldn’t look like a bootlegg version of Total Request Live. As a matter of fact, 106th & Park needs a brand new look with more white glove performances. Preferably from Atlanta and Houston based crap acts with golden plated eyeballs.
I will try give REGGIE HUDLIN a pass for the first two quarters of the year since he does own 50,000 comic books.
BLACK NERDS UNITE!