Somebodies
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Original programming
Drama
Comedy
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| Title | Genre | Premiere | Seasons | Length | Status |
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| Sistas | Comedy drama | October 23, 2019 | 7 seasons, 146 episodes | 31–42 min. | New episodes due to premiere on May 22, 2024[2] Renewed[1] |
| Tyler Perry's Assisted Living | Sitcom | September 2, 2020 | 4 seasons, 91 episodes | 18–21 min. | Renewed[1] |
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Unscripted
Docuseries
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| Title | Subject | Premiere | Seasons | Length | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black + Iconic | Arts | February 18, 2023 | 4 episodes | 80 min. | Miniseries ongoing |
| America in Black | News magazine | February 19, 2023 | 2 seasons, 10 episodes | 40–41 min. | Season 2 ongoing |
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Reality
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| Title | Genre | Premiere | Seasons | Length | Status |
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| After Happily Ever After | Reality television | October 19, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes | 40 min. | Pending |
| Ms. Pat Settles It | Reality court show | October 18, 2023 | 1 season, 15 episodes | 21 min. | Renewed[3] |
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Variety
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| Title | Genre | Premiere | Seasons | Length | Status |
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| The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige | Talk show | March 1, 2023 | 1 season, 2 episodes | 40 min. | Pending |
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Continuations
These shows have been picked up by BET for additional seasons after having aired previous seasons on another network.
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| Title | Genre | Prev. network(s) | Premiere | Seasons | Length | Status |
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| Tyler Perry's House of Payne (seasons 7–10) | Sitcom | TBS | September 2, 2020 | 4 seasons, 91 episodes | 12–23 min. | Renewed[1] |
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Award shows
- BET Awards (2001)
- BET Hip Hop Awards (2006)
- Soul Train Music Awards (2009)
- BET Gospel Awards (2005)
- NAACP Image Awards (2020)
Acquired programming
- Family Matters (2009–2014; 2023–present)
- Martin (2015)
- My Wife and Kids (2011–2014; 2023–present)
- Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2015)
- Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (2016)
- The Neighborhood (2020)
- Ruthless (2020)
- First Wives Club (2021)
- American Gangster: Trap Queens (2021)
- The Family Business (2021)
- Celebrity Family Feud (2021–2022; 2023–present)
- Bruh (2022)
- The Game (2022)
- The Ms. Pat Show (2022)
- Kingdom Business (2022)
- All the Queen's Men (2022)
- College Hill: Celebrity Edition (2022)
- Sacrifice (2022)
- The Black Hamptons (2022)
- Zatima (2022)
- I Love Us (2023)
- The Breakfast Club (2023)
- Average Joe (2023)
- Let's Make a Deal (2023)
- Celebrity Squares (2023)
- Diggstown (2024)
Drama
Original programming
Drama
- Being Mary Jane (2013–19)
- Rebel (2017)
- The Quad (2017–18)
- Hit the Floor (2018)
- In Contempt (2018)
- The Family Business (2018)[lower-alpha 1]
- American Soul (2019–20)
- Games People Play (2019–21)
- Long Slow Exhale (2022)[lower-alpha 2]
- Haus of Vicious (2022)[lower-alpha 1]
Comedy
- The Way We Do It (2001–02)
- Hey Monie! (2003)
- S.O.B.: Socially Offensive Behavior (2007)
- Somebodies (2008)
- The Game (2011–15)
- Let's Stay Together (2011–14)
- Reed Between the Lines (2011)
- Second Generation Wayans (2013)
- Zoe Ever After (2016)
- 50 Central (2017)
- The Comedy Get Down (2017)
- Boomerang (2019–20)
- Twenties (2020–21)
Miniseries
- Madiba (2017)
- The New Edition Story (2017)
- The Bobby Brown Story (2018)
Docuseries
- Death Row Chronicles (2018)
- CopWatch America (2019)
- Murder in the Thirst (2019)
- No Limit Chronicles (2020)
- Ruff Ryders Chronicles (2020)
- Boiling Point (2021)
- Disrupt & Dismantle (2021)
- Klutch Academy (2021)
- The Murder Inc Story (2022)
- Welcome to Rap City (2023)
Reality
- ComicView (1992–2008, 2014)
- Testimony (2000–04)
- How I'm Living (2001–03)
- The Center (2002–07)
- Coming to the Stage (2003)
- College Hill (2004–2009)
- Ultimate Hustler (2005)
- Lil Kim: Countdown to Lockdown (2006)
- DMX: Soul of a Man (2006)
- Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is (2006–08)
- Baldwin Hills (2007–09)
- Hell Date (2007–08)
- Sunday Best (2007–15, 2019–20)
- Black Poker Stars Invitational (2008)
- Brothers to Brutha (2008)
- Iron Ring (2008)
- Harlem Heights (2009)
- Frankie & Neffe (2009)
- Played by Fame (2009)
- Welcome to Dreamland (2009)
- Tiny and Toya (2009–10)
- Monica: Still Standing (2009–10)
- The Family Crews (2010–11)
- The Michael Vick Project (2010)
- Trey Songz: My Moment (2010)
- Changing Lanes (2010)
- Being Terry Kennedy (2010)
- Toya: A Family Affair (2011)
- Born to Dance: Laurieann Gibson (2011)
- Keyshia & Daniel: Family First (2012)
- Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013–16)
- Just Keke (2014)
- Nellyville (2014–15)
- The BET Life Of... (2015)
- DeSean Jackson: Home Team (2015)
- It's a Mann's World (2015)
- Keyshia Cole: All In (2015)
- Punk'd (2015)
- The Westbrooks (2015)
- The Xperiment (2015)
- About the Business (2016)
- Chasing Destiny (2016)
- Criminals at Work (2016)
- From the Bottom Up (2016–18)
- The Gary Owen Show (2016)
- Ink, Paper, Scissors (2016)
- Music Moguls (2016)
- Gucci Mane & Keyshia Ka'oir The Main Event (2017)
- The Grand Hustle (2018)
- Hustle in Brooklyn (2018)
- RAQ Rants (2018)
- Ladies' Night (2019)
- The Next Big Thing (2019)
- Keyshia Cole: My New Life (2019)
- BET Presents: The Encore (2021)
Music & award shows
- Bobby Jones Gospel (1980–2016)
- Video Soul (1981–96)
- Video Vibrations (1984–99)
- Midnight Love (1985–2005)
- Softnotes (1987–91)
- Video LP (1986–96)
- Rap City (1989–2008)
- Video Gospel (1989–2011)
- All (1999–2000)
- Caribbean Rhythms (1992–98)
- Planet Groove (1996–99)
- Jam Zone/Cita's World (1997–2003)
- Videolink (1999–2000, 2001–02)
- Hits: From the Streets (1999–2003)
- Lift Every Voice (1999–2017)
- AM @ BET (2000–01)
- 106 & Park (2000–14)
- BET Next (2000–06)
- BET:iNY (2000–02)
- Access Granted (2001–10)
- BET: Uncut (2001–06)
- BET.COM Countdown (2001–06)
- BET's Top 25 (2001–08)
- Celebration of Gospel (2001)
- BET Start (2002–05; 2006)
- 106 & Park Prime (2003–04)
- BET Music (2003–08)
- BET Now (2003–08)
- The Center (2003–07)
- BET After Dark (2004–07)
- Top 20 Countdown (2005–13)
- Top 50 (2005–06)
- Remixed! (2005–06)
- Hotwyred (2006)
- The 5ive (2007)
- BET Honors (2008)
- The Deal (2008–10)
- 106 & Gospel (2009)
- Joyful Noise (2016–17)
- One Shot (2016–17)
- Black Girls Rock! (2010)
Specials
- Spring Bling (1997–2010)
- Notarized (1999–2014)
- Rip the Runway (2005–13)
- A Very BET Christmas (2010–11)
- BET News Justice for Us: A BET Town Hall Live (2014)
- Saving Our Selves (2020)
Entertainment
- Karen's Kitchen (1982)[5]
- BET Style (2004–06)
- The Black Carpet (2006–08)
News
- Screen Scene (1990–97)
- BET Nightly News (2002–05)
- Don't Sleep! (2012)
Game shows
- Nipsey Russell's Juvenile Jury (1983–1984)
- Tell Me Something Good (1988–89)
- Triple Threat (1992–93)
- Take the Cake (2007)
- Face Value (2017)
- Black Card Revoked (2018)
Sports programming
- Black College Football (1981–2005)
- ABL on BET (1996–98)
- BET's MAAD Sports (1998–2000)
- Roc Nation Sports Live Boxing (2015)
Talk shows
- Teen Summit (1989–2002)
- Oh, Drama! (2000–01)
- Personal Diary
- The Mo'Nique Show (2009–11)
- T.D. Jakes Presents: Mind, Body & Soul (2013)
- Wendy's Style Squad (2016)
- The Rundown with Robin Thede (2017–18)
- Mancave (2018)
- Twenties After-Show With B. Scott (2021)
Children's shows
- Story Porch (1992–96)
- The Fabulous Reggae Dogs (1995)
Syndicated programming
Drama
- I Spy (1984–86)
- Soul Food (2004–08)
- The Wire (2006–08)
- The Unit (2009–11)
- Scandal (2013–17)
- The Book of Negroes (2015)
- Black&Sexy TV (2015)
- The Breaks (2017)
- The Good Fight (2020)
- All Rise (2020)
- Survivor's Remorse (2021)
- The Chi (2021)
- The Porter (2022)
- Ambitions (2022)
- New York Undercover (2022–23)
Comedy
- The Bill Cosby Show (1983–85)
- Roll Out (1988)
- Soap (1989)
- Baby... I'm Back! (1989–91)
- Sanford and Son (1989–91; 1996)
- Desmond's (1989–93)
- Frank's Place (1990–91)
- Sanford (1991–97; 2008)
- Uptown Comedy Club (1992–94)
- What's Happening!! (1993–95)
- What's Happening Now!! (1993–95)
- Roc (1994–96; 2004)
- Benson (1995–97)
- Thea (1995–99; 2008)
- Out All Night (1996)
- 227 (1997–99)
- Sparks (1998–2000)
- Good News (1999–2000)
- Amen (1999–2001)
- Linc's (2000–01)
- The Parkers (2003–09; 2011–13; 2019–22)
- Fatherhood (2004)
- The Cosby Show (2004–07)
- Girlfriends (2004–11; 2014; 2019)
- In Living Color (2005–08; 2010)
- The Jamie Foxx Show (2005–08; 2009–16; 2023–24)
- The Wayans Bros. (2005–08; 2014–16; 2023)
- A Different World (2008; 2018–20)
- Diff'rent Strokes (2008)
- Comedy Central Presents (2008)
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (2008; 2014–24)
- Malcolm & Eddie (2008)
- One on One (2008–10)
- Smart Guy (2008–09)
- The Steve Harvey Show (2008–11; 2014; 2019)
- Wild 'n Out (2008; 2014; 2024)
- The Bernie Mac Show (2009–12; 2017)
- Sister, Sister (2009–10; 2023)
- Everybody Hates Chris (2009–12; 2018)
- City Guys (2010)
- Moesha (2012–14; 2017)
- Chappelle's Show (2013; 2017)
- The Soul Man (2013)
- Instant Mom (2014)
- The Carmichael Show (2016)
- Eve (2016)
- In the House (2016)
- George Lopez (2017)
- Black-ish (2018–23)
- Bob Hearts Abishola (2020)
- The Cleveland Show (2020–21)
- Bigger (2021–22)
- Living Single (2021–23)
- Noah's Arc (2022)
Soap operas
- Generations (1991–93)
Reality
- Run's House (2007)
- Making the Band (2008)
- 50 Cent: The Money and the Power (2008)
- Lip Sync Battle (2016–17)
- Basketball Wives (2023)
- Basketball Wives: Orlando (2023)
News
- Dish Nation (2016)
- 48 Hours (2024)
Game shows
- Family Feud (2014)
Talk shows
- The Montel Williams Show (2008–09)
- The Wendy Williams Show (2009–17) (moved to Bounce TV)
- The Queen Latifah Show (2014–15)
- The Real (2014–17) (moved to Bounce TV)
Court shows
- Judge Karen (2008)
- Judge Hatchett (2008–09)
Kids & family
- Just Jordan (2007–10)
- Romeo! (2007–08)
- The Proud Family (2008–09)
- True Jackson, VP (2009)
- Black Panther (2011)
- Moved to BET+
- Co-production with Spectrum Originals
- Andreeva, Nellie (April 16, 2024). "Tyler Perry Re-Ups Deal With BET Media, Gets New Seasons For 9 Series, Including Sistas & The Oval". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- Swift, Andy (March 14, 2024). "Tyler Perry's Sistas Sets Season 7 Return Date Ahead of Midseason Finale — Watch Exclusive Trailer". TVLine. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- Rice, Lynette (April 11, 2024). "Ms. Pat Settles It Courtroom Series Renewed For Second Season On BET; Return Date For The Ms. Pat Show Set For May". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- Holloway, Daniel (May 9, 2020). "BET Moving Ahead With Andre Harrell's Uptown Records Miniseries Following His Death". Variety (Press release). Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- "Digital Archive Login". LibLynx. Retrieved May 3, 2021.