BET has announced the full cast of its highly anticipated miniseries about Bobby Brown. When BET aired The New Edition Story last year, it was ratings gold for the network. It broke records! Execs took that success as a cue to produce a follow-up about Bobby. Woody McClain, who is reprising his role as Bobby, […]

BET has upped its expectations ever since the New Edition biopic was such a success. The Bobby Brown Story is on deck, and has added star power from Lil Rel Howery, Mekhi Phifer, Laz Alonso and more.  Along with the aforementioned, Deadline reports that T.K. Carter, Lance Gross, Alyssa Goss and Sandi McCree are also included, with production beginning today […]

The Philadelphia Eagles are the Super Bowl LII champions and fans are excited.

After 21 years as President of BET, Debra Lee is stepping down and will no longer handle day-to-day operations at the network, Black Enterprise reports. Scott M. Mills will take her place while Lee will serve as his advisor and “chairman and CEO of the network, focusing on cultivating the company’s relationships with external stakeholders […]

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BET Networks has given a series order to “Black Card Revoked,” a game show based on the party game that tests knowledge of pop culture, entertainment, historical facts and politics from a black perspective. Actor-comedian Tony Rock will host the series, described as a witty celebration of African-American life. Production on the 12-episode order will […]

After movies about Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina, Bobby Brown is going to be the center of his own TV biopic. If BET learned anything from their miniseries about New Edition, it’s that Bobby makes for good TV. Naturally, the network is hoping to repeat that success with another project. Deadline.com reports that BET will […]

Safaree and Meek Mill have clearly got some beef they need to settle.

Black Tony is still trying to make that money he needs to pay back his debts.