List of programs broadcast by BET

This is a list of current and upcoming programming on BET (Black Entertainment Television).

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Current programming

Original programming

Drama

Title	Genre	Premiere	Seasons	Length	Status
Tales	Drama	June 27, 2017	3 seasons, 28 episodes	37–80 min.	Pending
The Oval	Political soap opera	October 23, 2019	5 seasons, 95 episodes	41–43 min.	Season 5 ongoing
Haus of Vicious	Drama	August 17, 2022	1 season, 8 episodes	40 min.	Pending

Comedy

Title	Genre	Premiere	Seasons	Length	Status
Sistas	Comedy drama	October 23, 2019	6 seasons, 128 episodes	31–42 min.	Season 6 ongoing
Tyler Perry's Assisted Living	Sitcom	September 2, 2020	4 seasons, 91 episodes	18–21 min.	Pending

Unscripted

Docuseries

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	1 season, 7 episodes	40–41 min.	Pending

Reality

Title	Genre	Premiere	Seasons	Length	Status
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, 6 episodes	TBA	Season 1 ongoing

Variety

Title	Genre	Premiere	Seasons	Length	Status
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige	Talk show	March 1, 2023	1 season, 2 episodes	40 min.	Pending

Continuations

These shows have been picked up by BET for additional seasons after having aired previous seasons on another network.

Title	Genre	Prev. network(s)	Premiere	Seasons	Length	Status
Tyler Perry's House of Payne (season 9–12)	Sitcom	TBS	September 2, 2020	4 seasons, 91 episodes	12–23 min.	Pending

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)
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (2014)
• Martin (2015)
• Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2015)
• Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (2016)
• Black-ish (2018)
• 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)
• Ambitions (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)

Upcoming programming

Drama

Title	Genre	Premiere	Seasons	Length	Status
Uptown^[1]	Drama	TBA	TBA	TBA	Series order

Former programming

Original programming

Drama

• Being Mary Jane (2013–2019)
• Rebel (2017)
• The Quad (2017–2018)
• Hit the Floor (2018)
• In Contempt (2018)
• The Family Business (2018)^[a]
• American Soul (2019–2020)
• Games People Play (2019–2021)
• Long Slow Exhale (2022)^[b]

Comedy

• Cita's World (1999–2003)
• The Way We Do It (2001–2002)
• Hey Monie! (2003)
• S.O.B.: Socially Offensive Behavior (2007)
• Somebodies (2008)
• The Game (2011–2015)
• Let's Stay Together (2011–2014)
• Reed Between the Lines (2011)
• Second Generation Wayans (2013)
• Zoe Ever After (2016)
• 50 Central (2017)
• The Comedy Get Down (2017)
• Boomerang (2019–2020)
• Twenties (2020–2021)

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 (2000–2004)
• How I'm Living (2001–2003)
• The Center (2002–2007)
• Coming to the Stage (2003)
• College Hill (2004–2009)
• Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is (2006–2008)
• Baldwin Hills (2007–2009)
• Hell Date (2007–2008)
• Sunday Best (2007–2015, 2019)
• Brothers to Brutha (2008)
• Iron Ring (2008)
• Harlem Heights (2009)
• Tiny and Toya (2009–2010)
• The Family Crews (2010–2011)
• The Michael Vick Project (2010)
• Trey Songz: My Moment (2010)
• Keyshia & Daniel: Family First (2012)
• Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013–2016)
• Just Keke (2014)
• Nellyville (2014–2015)
• 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)
• 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 (1981–1996)
• Video Vibrations (1984–1997)
• Midnight Love (1985–2005)
• Softnotes (1987–1991)
• Video LP (1986–1993)
• Rap City (1989–2008)
• Video Gospel (1989, 2000–2005, 2010–2011)
• All (1991–2000)
• Planet Groove (1996–1999)
• Jam Zone/Cita's World (1997–2003)
• Videolink (1997–2000, 2001–2002)
• Hits: From the Streets (1999–2003)
• Lift Every Voice (1999–2017)
• AM @ BET (2000–2001)
• 106 & Park (2000–2014)
• BET Next (2000–2006)
• BET:iNY (2000–2002)
• Access Granted (2001–2010)
• BET: Uncut (2001–2006)
• BET.COM Countdown (2001–2006)
• BET's Top 25 (2001–2008)
• Celebration of Gospel (2001)
• BET Start (2002–2005; 2006)
• 106 & Park Prime (2003–2004)
• BET Music (2003–2008)
• BET Now (2003–2008)
• The Center (2003–2007)
• BET After Dark (2004–2007)
• Top 20 Countdown (2005–2013)
• Top 50 (2005–2006)
• Remixed! (2005–2006)
• Hotwyred (2006)
• The 5ive (2007)
• BET Honors (2008)
• The Deal (2008–2010)
• 106 & Gospel (2009)
• Joyful Noise (2016–2017)
• One Shot (2016–2017)
• Black Girls Rock! (2010)

Specials

• Spring Bling (1997–2010)
• Notarized (1999–2014)
• Rip the Runway (2005–2013)
• A Very BET Christmas (2010–2011)
• BET News Justice for Us: A BET Town Hall Live (2014)
• Saving Our Selves (2020)

Entertainment

• Karen's Kitchen (1982)^[2]
• BET Style (2004–2006)
• The Black Carpet (2006–2008)

News

• Screen Scene (1990–1997)
• BET Nightly News (2002–2005)
• Don't Sleep! (2012)

Game shows

• Tell Me Something Good (1988–1989)
• Triple Threat (1992–1993)
• Take the Cake (2007)
• Face Value (2017)
• Black Card Revoked (2018)

Sports programming

• Black College Football (1981–2005)
• ABL on BET (1996–1998)
• BET's MAAD Sports (1998–2000)
• Roc Nation Sports Live Boxing (2015)

Talk shows

• Teen Summit (1989–2002)
• Oh, Drama! (2000–2001)
• Personal Diary
• The Mo'Nique Show (2009–2011)
• The Rundown with Robin Thede (2017–2018)
• Mancave (2018)
• Twenties After-Show With B. Scott (2021)

Children's shows

• Story Porch (1992–1996)
• The Fabulous Reggae Dogs (1995)

Syndicated programming

Drama

• Frank's Place (1990)
• Soul Food (2004–2005)
• The Wire (2006–2008)
• Scandal (2013–2017)
• Black&SexyTV (2015)
• Survivor's Remorse (2021)
• The Chi (2021)
• New York Undercover (2022–2023)

Comedy

• Soap (1989)
• Sanford and Son (1989–1991; 1996)
• Sanford (1991–1997; 2008)
• What's Happening!! (1993–1995)
• What's Happening Now!! (1993–1995)
• Roc (1994–1996; 2004)
• Benson (1995–1997)
• Thea (1995–1999; 2008)
• 227 (1997–1999)
• Sparks (1998–2000)
• Amen (1999–2001)
• The Parkers (2003–2009; 2011–2013; 2019–2022)
• The Cosby Show (2004–2007)
• Girlfriends (2004–2011; 2019)
• Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (2004–2014)
• The Hughleys (2005–2006)
• In Living Color (2005–2008; 2010)
• The Jamie Foxx Show (2005–2008; 2009–2016)
• Cosby (2006–2008)
• The Facts of Life (2006–2007)
• The Wayans Bros. (2006–2008; 2014–2016)
• Diff'rent Strokes (2008)
• Fatherhood (2008–2009)
• Malcolm & Eddie (2008)
• One on One (2008–2010)
• Smart Guy (2008–2009)
• The Steve Harvey Show (2008–2011; 2014; 2019)
• The Bernie Mac Show (2009–2012; 2017)
• Sister, Sister (2009–2010)
• City Guys (2010)
• My Wife and Kids (2011–2014; 2023)
• Moesha (2013–2014)
• Family Feud (2014)
• Instant Mom (2014)
• Eve (2016)
• Dish Nation (2016)
• In the House (2016)
• George Lopez (2017)
• A Different World (2018–2020)
• Everybody Hates Chris (2018)
• The Good Fight (2020)
• The Cleveland Show (2020–2021)
• Bigger (2021–2022)
• Living Single (2021–2023)

Talk shows

• The Montel Williams Show (2008–2009)
• The Wendy Williams Show (2009–2017) (moved to Bounce TV)
• The Queen Latifah Show (2014–2015)
• The Real (2014–2017) (moved to Bounce TV)

Court shows

• Judge Hatchett (2010–2012)

Kids & family

• Just Jordan (2007–2010)
• Romeo! (2007–2008)
• True Jackson, VP (2009)
• Black Panther (2011)

Notes

1. Moved to BET+
2. Co-production with Spectrum Originals

References

1. 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.
2. "Digital Archive Login". LibLynx. Retrieved May 3, 2021.