Then there was a show back in the day called Video Soul
--Lavender
From: Keith Johnson
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 11:53 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The CW: Ain't No Beautiful Black People
BET had a show, "Caribbean Rhythmns", hosted by yet another light-skinned
sister (that was almost all they used back then) named Rachel. It was a music
video show. I think that was the extent of their Caribbean presence...
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From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com>
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2009 1:16:21 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The CW: Ain't No Beautiful Black People
Not if you count places like Jamaica, and the rest of the Caribbean, and
Canada.
I guess what I am saying is that BET never developed a real niche or direction
(or quality control) after being around about the same amount of time as
Telemundo.
Now Telemundo has 3 or 4 channels where I live. BET was sold, and TVone
(completely different company) is barely on the air.
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>
wrote:
Agreed. I've long lamented the sad fact that the Latin-themed cable channels
far exceed the Black ones in terms of drama and variety. Of course, maybe it
can be argued that Latinoes in this hemisphere have more collective viewing
power than Blacks--if South and Central America are added to the mix--but I
wonder...
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From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com>
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2009 12:46:32 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The CW: Ain't No Beautiful Black People
I really disliked BET for a long time, because they pretty much wasted the
opportunity to create an incredible conduit for all types of black
entertainment. (a couple of exceptions but not many) Compare it to Telemundo
that has several long running shows and award winning news programming. BET
could have gone with a similar business model with their own unique programming
but we ended up with mostly fluff and garbage.
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>
wrote:
The only thing BET had going for it back in the day were a few talk and
news shows. There was the news show BET tonight (with, at various times, Ed
Gordon and Tavis Smiley). There was a talk show with the great Bev Smith--who,
curiously, was the *only* dark-skinned person hosting a major show in BET for
quite a long time. Bev is good, no nonsense, and well informed, and her show
reflected her abilities. There was a good show aimed at teens that aired on
Saturdays (I think it was called Teen Beat). Before the gangtsa rap thing
really hit, it had a feeling that now I guess we'd call "innocent", dealing
with real issues like divorce, drugs, school quality, along with having guests
who'd come in and talk to the kids. There was music, videos, and dancing, but
like I said, it didn't have the harder, more carnal edge that even shows aimed
at young adults can have nowadays. Finally, there was a good news talk show
hosted by Ed Gordon that had a panel including George Curry and Clarence Page.
Good, informed discussions. I forget the name of the show. But curiously, BET
chose to air both it and Bev Smith's show on Sundays before noon--when most
black folk were at church or brunch!
There was even an enjoyable entertainment themed show where Tanya Hart
interviewed various celebrity guests. Last I saw, I think Ms. Hart does some
kind of gossip stuff, as I see her show up on TMZ-like shows dishing on who's
sleeping with whom in Hollywood.
But yeah, back then BET had enough shows like the above so that I watched
it a least a few hours a week.
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From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker...@lycos.com>
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 5:41:35 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The CW: Ain't No Beautiful Black People
Personally, Michelle, I never got deep enough into BET to judge
programming or camera angles or any such. Their systematic mistreatment of
women was, to me, nauseating.
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Date : Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:58:06 -0000
From : "Michelle Lauren" <miche...@michellelaurenbooks.com>
To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
I haven't watched BET except in passing for years. It always seemed
to me as if the company that owned BET, Viacom (which also owns MTV) wasn't
putting as much effort into the look and quality of BET as they were putting
into MTV's programming.
In recent years, I've felt as if BET was just airing bad remakes of
shows premiered on MTV. For instance, Baldwin Hills on BET was aired after
MTV's the Hills, but B.H. felt like something the network just threw together.
I also have a problem with a lot of the camera quality on BET as opposed to
stations such as MTV and NBC, where the viewing quality is clear instead of
grainy as it often is on BET.
The CW just plain irritates me. When they were the WB and UPN as
separate entities, both stations tended to randomly cancel good shows (such as
Angel the Series, from Joss Whedon). And their limited programming that showed
actors and actresses of color was also irritating to me.
Michelle Lauren
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