Is this true? An article in the New York Times says that only 12% of BET's viewing audience is black. Whoa. This explains a lot.
BET does not have the ratings it should have with 12 percent of the audience being black,” said Leo Hindery, a partner in Intermedia Partners, which owns a majority stake in the Gospel Channel, a cable network. “It has never developed a soul of its own. I would do more sports than they are doing and I would stay with the youth audience.
I am floored. There were so many people complaining that BET is nothing but a big minstrel show that objectifies and glorifies ignance (yeah I meant to write it like that) and stereotypes. One episode of College Hill and King would rollover in his grave.
Clip from Season 4 of College Hill
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