Mr Worf, you had it right the first time. ;-D
---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The CW: Ain't No Beautiful Black People Date : Sun, 7 Jun 2009 14:21:44 -0700 From : "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com BET was bought by Viascum... (viacom) in 1999. On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 12:59 PM, wrote: > > > *No not that one but I know what you were talking about. I think it was > called Midnight Love.* > *--Lavender* > > *From:* Keith Johnson > *Sent:* Saturday, June 06, 2009 10:48 PM > *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The CW: Ain't No Beautiful Black People > > Yeah I remember that one. Was that the late night one that had older love > songs? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: wlro...@aol.com > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2009 8:24:16 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The CW: Ain't No Beautiful Black People > > > > *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... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" > 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 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... >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mr. Worf" >> 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 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. >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Martin Baxter" >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- >>> *Subject : *Re: [RE][scifinoir2] The CW: Ain't No Beautiful Black People >>> *Date : *Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:58:06 -0000 >>> *From : *"Michelle Lauren" >>> *To : *scifino...@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 >>> STARSTRUCK: HUNTER sci-fi-romance)available from Liquid Silver Books! >>> http://www.michellelaurenbooks.com >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michellelaurenbooks/join >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! >> Mahogany at: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > *People may lie, but the evidence rarely does.* > > ** > > *People may lie, but the evidence rarely does.* > > ** > > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
