Remember what the old BET use to look like?
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Devilinurear
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The only thing I can think of is something like 106 and park.
Hoodoo Child
The Urban Legend
That's because they drop everything online now. YouTube is the new MTV
But yeah tho, it's like night & day. Watching music videos on TV hit different
They did give the original scripted content a shot years back and outside of a few shows none made it past a first or second season. So they pivoted back to what works best for them and that’s reality TV. Even BET has struggled with the original content format outside of The Game which wasn’t their original property.
Unfortunately people aren’t going to tune in to music videos on those channels when they could easily watch it Youtube.
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Hits different coming home after school rent-free, no bills on ya mind, turning on the TV to see whats on that TRL/106 & Park Top 10That's because they drop everything online now. YouTube is the new MTV
Cut the check
You don't necessarily "need" a BET in this era because of youtube and being able to watch what you want literally anytime you want to
HOWEVER - if you look at the clips, you see high ranking political figures being interviewed on the network
this is what we lack now, a space where we're taken seriously and people like elon musk, bezos, and political heads can talk to black america SPECIFICALLY.
I'm not a fan of jason whitlock but he used a phrase i like: it's the bigotry of low expectations, just show them music videos, some tyler perry shyt and half naked hoes and they're good
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Lucky_Lefty
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Robert Johnson wasn’t as blackity black as we would want to believe. Dude was an opportunistRIP the "REAL BLACK OWNED" BET...
RammerJammer
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I only remember 2000s BET. Rap City, 106, Black CFB, Access Grant, BET Top 25 on the weekends, and Comic View 
Real talk, BET Top 25 was where I learned about a lot of 90s hip hop, that's when I first saw the Flava In Ya Ear remix video back in 06.
Real talk, BET Top 25 was where I learned about a lot of 90s hip hop, that's when I first saw the Flava In Ya Ear remix video back in 06.
I believe i've posted this before, but this brother here has full midnight love and video soul episodes from the 90's on his channel
Lootha VanDraws
'The Night I Fell in Love' is the GOAT R&B album
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Elim Garak
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You know what would be interesting if they did a throwback week or something where they get all the host to do their old shows for that week. I bet it will be the highest ratings they ever saw.
