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EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams is commanding the court on BET. The network’s unscripted courtroom series Ms. Pat Settles It premiered on October 18 with two episodes, debuting as the No. 2 show on primetime television for Black viewers as well as Black women in the 18-49…

EXCLUSIVE: Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams (The Ms. Pat Show) is taking on the role of TV judge in the upcoming new series Ms. Pat Settles It, premiering October 18 at 10 p.m. ET/PT to air on BET. Deadline has your first look at the trailer above. In Season 1, Williams assembles a jury of her closest…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. Emmy voting has begun! Oscar season has begun! What a weekend! It appears to be the battle of the Academy viewing portals as final Emmy voting begins. The Television Academy is…

UPDATED with full winners list: SZA and Beyoncé each won three times, including tying for the Album of the Year Award, at the 2023 BET Awards on Sunday. The awards, which honor the year’s best performances in music, TV, film and sports, were handed out during a live from the Microsoft Theater in Los…

Muni Long took the stage at the 2023 BET Awards to acknowledge the writers strike and the members of the WGA. “I must take a moment to acknowledge and stand in solidarity with the artists who make us laugh, cry, and most importantly, think — our Writers Guild of America family,” Long said before…

In a surprise performance at the 2023 BET Awards, Migos’ Offset and Quavo took the stage at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles to pay tribute to the late Takeoff. The rappers put their differences aside to honor their friend Takeoff that died in a shooting last year. Offset and Quavo appeared on…

The celebration of 50 years of Hip Hop is underway at the 2023 BET Awards with the biggest names in music coming together in Downtown L.A. at the Microsoft Theater. Some of the stars scheduled to appear throughout the event dubbed as Culture’s Biggest Night include 69 Boyz, Big Daddy Kane, Chief Keef, Dem Franchize…

Drake scored a leading seven nominations for the music-heavy 2023 BET Awards today, and GloRilla was next with six. Both also are up for Album of the Year. Lizzo and 21 Savage follow with five nominations apiece. Related Stories …

Jacky Oh, who appeared as part of the “Wild ‘N Out” sketch comedy and battle rap improv game show television series, has died. No details were given on the cause of her death, which was reportedly in Miami and confirmed by a post on the show’s Instagram page. She was 32. “We are deeply saddened by…

EXCLUSIVE: BET+ has renewed its Emmy-nominated series The Ms. Pat Show for a fourth season. From Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams and Jordan E. Cooper, the series lifts from Williams' life experiences covered in her memoir Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat, which tells the story of a drug dealer and…

BET will pay tribute to the late Tina Turner with BET & ET Present Tina Turner: Life And Legacy, airing tonight at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Using archival footage and interviews of Turner at various stages of her life and reflecting on her career, the special will be repeated in an encore airing on BET Her on…

Paramount Global fell way shy of Wall Street forecasts with ongoing losses in streaming exacerbated by soft advertising at its TV/Media group last quarter and a dip in filmed entertainment as well. The stock is down sharply — about 14% — in early trading Related…