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*The controversial Lawrence Hill novel The Book of Negroes will be adapted into a miniseries for BET in the U.S. and the CBC in Canada, after earlier plans for a big-screen adaptation fell through. Canadian producer Conquering Lion Pictures initially optioned the film rights to the award-winning novel in 2009, with Clement Virgo on board [...]
*BET today unveiled its slate of new and returning series to advertisers at its upfront presentation in Los Angeles. According to Deadline.com, Mara Brock Akil was front and center as her hit comedy series “The Game” was renewed for a seventh season, and her newest project, the Gabrielle Union drama “Being Mary Jane,” (originally picked [...]
*BET’s sister station Centric and Jamie Foxx’s production team are joining forces to reboot the Apollo Amateur Night in the upcoming series “Apollo Live.” [Scroll down for a promo.] [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Premiering Saturday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m., the show puts a fresh coat of paint on the classic talent show and [...]
*BET, the top network for African Americans, announced plans for a new scripted series titled “Reed Between the Lines,” a family comedy starring Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Tracee Ellis Ross, due in October. They’ll play professional parents (she’s a psychologist, he’s an English professor) of three kids. The network is developing two more new comedies [...]
*BET’s new docu-series series “The Michael Vick Project” will premiere on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 10 p.m. — but not without its critics. Producers DuBose Entertainment says the series “will not only capture the NFL star’s return to football after a two-year prison sentence stemming from his association with a dog fighting ring, but will [...]
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