BET Original Programs
Its programming began with a wide scope of comedy, music, public affairs, and news programming: ComicView; Video Soul with Donnie Simpson, Video Vibrations, Softones, Screen Scene, Unreal/Planet Groove/Caribbean Rhythms, Jam Zone/Cita's World; Teen Summit; and BET News with Ed Gordon, Lead Story, BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley,BET Nightly News, and Don't Sleep, with T.J. Holmes.
Its urban music programming show 106 & Park debuted in September 2000. Taped before a live audience, the hosts count down the top 10 videos requested by viewers and inviting rap and R&B artists to promote their music. On Sunday mornings, BET broadcasts a lineup of network-produced Christian programming and gospel music.
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