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Tyler Perry is extending his partnership with Paramount. The prolific creator has signed a big new agreement with the company’s BET Media. Under the pact, he will deliver hundreds of new episodes to BET and BET+ spanning existing and new series. Perry is well on his way as, under the deal, BET Media…

BET has renewed its hit courtroom series Ms. Pat Settles It for a second season. The series is the result of Patricia Williams' multi-year overall deal with BET Media Group. Williams is also the mastermind behind The Ms. Pat Show, which returns for a fourth season May 23 on BET+…

EXCLUSIVE: Angela "Angie" Beyincé, the award-winning songwriter and actress who’s co-written hits for Beyoncé and Destiny’s Child, has been promoted to a series regular for the seventh and current season of Tyler Perry’s BET drama-comedy series, Sistas.Beyincé portrays Pam, the nosy, sassy hair salon…

EXCLUSIVE: BET and CBS News have announced the Season 2 renewal of primetime monthly newsmagazine America in Black. Featured on BET, Paramount+ and CBS News streaming, America In Black focuses on investigative reporting, newsmaker interviews, human interest stories and celebrity profiles. In Season…

EXCLUSIVE: BET+ has ordered a New Orleans-set spinoff of Carl Weber’s The Family Business, with Brandon T. Jackson set to star. He also will serve as an associate producer on the eight-episode series, which is set to begin production in March. Related Stories …

EXCLUSIVE: BET Media Group is developing the unscripted series The Twins from Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s G-Unit Film & Television and Lionsgate's Pilgrim Media Group. The series centers around the Flores brothers, Margarito and Pedro, identical twins who became multi-millionaire, cocaine kingpins by…

Keke Palmer helmed the 2023 Soul Train Awards that saw SZA lead the night taking home the most trophies including Best R&B/Soul Female Artist, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter’s Award. Usher nabbed three trophies in category wins for Best R&B/Soul Male…

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams is commanding the court on BET. The network’s unscripted courtroom series Ms. Pat Settles It premiered on October 18 with two episodes, debuting as the No. 2 show on primetime television for Black viewers as well as Black women in the 18-49…

EXCLUSIVE: Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams (The Ms. Pat Show) is taking on the role of TV judge in the upcoming new series Ms. Pat Settles It, premiering October 18 at 10 p.m. ET/PT to air on BET. Deadline has your first look at the trailer above. In Season 1, Williams assembles a jury of her closest…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. Emmy voting has begun! Oscar season has begun! What a weekend! It appears to be the battle of the Academy viewing portals as final Emmy voting begins. The Television Academy is…

UPDATED with full winners list: SZA and Beyoncé each won three times, including tying for the Album of the Year Award, at the 2023 BET Awards on Sunday. The awards, which honor the year’s best performances in music, TV, film and sports, were handed out during a live from the Microsoft Theater in Los…

Muni Long took the stage at the 2023 BET Awards to acknowledge the writers strike and the members of the WGA. “I must take a moment to acknowledge and stand in solidarity with the artists who make us laugh, cry, and most importantly, think — our Writers Guild of America family,” Long said before…