The BET Experience, the Three-Day Event
Before The “BET AWARDS,” Will Return in 2021
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#BETAWARDS
BET announces today plans to move forward with The “BET Awards”
2020, which will celebrate the brightest stars across music,
television, film, sports, and philanthropy on Sunday, June 28,
2020, at 8 pm ET. Using an array of innovative techniques and
artist-generated content, the show will continue, allowing the
audience to join in a celebration of black love, joy, pride, and
power with an all-star lineup taking to TV’s biggest stage. 2020
marks both the 20th anniversary of the awards and BET’s 40th
anniversary. This year’s show will continue the rich history of
providing fans with those special, not to be missed moments. The
official “BET Awards” 2020 nominations to be announced on a later
date.
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“The BET Awards are a seminal event - the biggest celebration of
Black culture, Black accomplishment, Black excellence, and Black
potential,” said Scott Mills, President of BET. “Our community, and
the many millions who love Black culture, look to the BET Awards
for signature moments of enrichment, entertainment and empowerment.
Recognizing the unique role the BET Awards plays for so many, and
the challenging times we find ourselves in, we know it was more
important than ever to deliver the BET Awards in 2020.”
“At BET, we place the health and safety of attendees, staff,
vendors, and partners first, which is why the biggest night in
black entertainment will go on implementing this innovative
production direction,“ said Connie Orlando, EVP Specials, Music
Programming & Music Strategy at BET. “For the past twenty
years, The BET Awards have paid homage to all things now and
relevant. Despite the challenges of today, we will deliver a show
filled with larger than life, inspiring, empowering and
entertaining moments, which have shown the magic of our culture for
over two decades.”
Connie Orlando, EVP Specials, Music Programming & Music
Strategy at BET will oversee The “BET Awards” 2020 and serve as
Executive Producer along with Jesse Collins, CEO of Jesse Collins
Entertainment.
Due to the current global health crisis and pandemic of
COVID-19, BET’s three-day event that leads up to the “BET Awards,”
the BET Experience, will not move forward as scheduled on June
25-27. The BET Experience will return in 2021. All VIP packages
sold to date will be available for a refund. More information is
available at BET.com/Experience.
BET will continue to provide updates to our valued viewers
regarding any new developments.
For the latest “BET AWARDS” 2020 news and updates, please visit
BET.com/Awards.
ABOUT BET
BET, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS Inc. (NASDAQ: VIACA, VIAC), is
the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news
and public affairs television programming for the African-American
audience. The primary BET channel is in 90 million households and
can be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United
Kingdom, sub-Saharan Africa and France. BET is the dominant
African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business
extensions including BET.com, a leading Internet destination for
Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET HER, a 24-hour
entertainment network targeting the African-American Woman; BET
Music Networks - BET Jams, BET Soul and BET Gospel; BET Home
Entertainment; BET Live, BET’s growing festival business; BET
Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for
wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET around
the globe.
ABOUT “BET AWARDS”
The “BET Awards” is one of the most-watched awards shows on
cable television according to the Nielsen Company. The “BET Awards”
franchise remains as the #1 program in cable TV history among
African-Americans, and it is BET's #1 telecast every year. It
recognizes the triumphs and successes of artists, entertainers, and
athletes in a variety of categories.
ABOUT JESSE COLLINS
ENTERTAINMENT
Jesse Collins Entertainment (JCE) is a full-service television
and film production company founded by entertainment industry
veteran, NAACP Image® Award winner and Emmy® Award nominee Jesse
Collins. For more than a decade, the company has played an integral
role in producing some of television’s most memorable moments in
music entertainment. JCE produced the critically acclaimed biopic
The New Edition Story, the story on the boy band that aired as a
3-part mini-series and posted record ratings for BET and attracted
nearly 30 million viewers. It was followed by The Bobby Brown
Story, which chronicled the talented but troubled singer’s exit
from the popular ’80s boy band through his solo success, and was
the highest rated non-tentpole program on the network since The New
Edition Story. The next mini-series for JCE is Uptown, a 3-part
original scripted miniseries for BET that will chronicle the story
of producer Andre Harrell’s iconic record label, Uptown Records.
The company’s current scripted TV series is American Soul, the
story about the struggle to make the dream of Soul Train, the first
nationally-syndicated Black music show, come true. It ended its
first season as the #1 new cable scripted drama for African
Americans 18-49 and its second season made its debut on BET in May
2020. Previously, JCE produced BET’s hit TV series Real Husbands of
Hollywood starring Kevin Hart that ran for 5 seasons. On the
unscripted side, JCE produces annual live specials — the BET
Awards, Soul Train Awards and the BET Hip Hop Awards. Past credits
include Black Girls Rock!, UNCF’s An Evening of Stars, ABFF Honors,
BET Honors, Love & Happiness: An Obama Farewell, VH1’s Dear
Mama, HBO’s Amanda Seales I Be Knowin;’ Netflix’s Def Comedy Jam 25
and Leslie Jones: Time Machine. JCE’s game shows include VH1’s Hip
Hop Squares with Ice Cube and CMT’s Nashville Squares. Its music
competition series on BET, Sunday Best is now in its 10th season
and Netflix’s Rhythm & Flow featuring judges Tip “T.I.” Harris,
Cardi B and Chance the Rapper will soon begin production on its
second season that will air in 2021. Collins is also a producer for
The Grammy Awards. He was on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop 100 Power
Players list, has been featured on the cover of Vibe magazine and
in numerous publications including Ebony magazine’s Power 100
issue. Go to http://www.jessecollinsent.com/ for more information
on the company.
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