Talk:BET

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for File:Betgolden.jpg

message: where did Jamie Foxx & The Wayans Bros. go? & what happened to In Living Color?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.230.144.177 (talk) 23:14, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Schedule Change

message: Please, no one remove what I have put up, I have not quite finished, and it will probably take a few days. I'm giving the article a history section. --Signshare (talk) 23:51, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for your contribution - I've fixed the section based on Wikipedia:Footnotes and Wikipedia:Citation templates regarding writing citations & using the same citation multiple times in an article. --Andrewlp1991 (talk) 02:59, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Signshare

message: Since this is a "controversial topic", where is the "criticism" section? Most controversial pages have them.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.31.143.193 (talk) 03:19, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: the section was deleted by an anonymous user in november, i've restored it Rizla (talk) 05:12, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

text: On a related note, is "negative portrayal of African Americans/women and too much overt sexuality" really the only criticism people have directed to BET? Nobody has anything to say about the racism? 65.79.1.34 (talk) 20:01, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Disputed

message: I think this should be noted as I am watching a Proud Family marathon on BET right now. For those who do not know what this show is, it's a show that originally aired on the Disney Channel. I suggest somebody should look into rather or not BET officially purchased this show, because my channel guide still says that it airs on Disney Channel. If not, find out what kind of deal that Viacom and Disney worked out?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.233.117.76 (talk) 03:51, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: The Proud Family

message: BET needs more information added to its "History" section of its article. 
All it shows is a couple of events after its incarnation in 1980 and what happened two years ago.
People who visit this website need to know a lot, not a little, about BET.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikilover223 (talk • contribs) 10:16, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: More History

message: ::I'm copying this to user talk page  Chzz  ►  14:25, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: No, the article Black Entertainment Television is not currently protected - see .  Chzz  ►  14:23, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: HELP ME|Is this page locked

message: I saw a Twitter update saying BET will be removed from Dish Network. I checked Dish's website and couldn't find BET(Channel 124) on the programming list. I've been having trouble finding another source though. Metalb (talk) 22:36, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed From Dish Network? 

message: Why isn't this considered racist? If someone were to create White Entertainment Television, they'd be crucified for it.71.243.221.134 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 12:34, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:NOTFORUM, but the majority of actors and characters on other American networks are white, and usually disproportionately so compared to whites' share of the population. BET was presumably created at least partially to address this disparity. It's difficult to conceive of a good-faith reason to create a White Entertainment Television network. It could be an ordinary network with typical programming, in which case the name would just be puzzling, or it could be a platform for espousing white pride, which is almost always going to involve some sort of hate speech. --BDD (talk) 19:58, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Serious question - serious answer PLEASE

message: Maybe this should explain what this channels about. zzz (talk) 05:40, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead section 

message: I suggest that BET Gospel and BET Hip-Hop be merged into this article because while the other 2 BET channels have enough information to stand on their own, these articles are both stubs and have little significance on Wikipedia. 2601:8C:4001:DCF4:21C4:215F:C0B1:F844 (talk) 22:13, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Added missed merge template on the target page in order to stimulate discussion. Klbrain (talk) 16:54, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Given no opposition,  Klbrain (talk) 18:40, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

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message: I've heard stuff going around that Tyler Perry acquired BET and VH1 from Paramount Global. Many sources have reported it but there does not seem to be any evidence it actually happened. Perhaps it can be mentioned? MightyArms (talk) 21:41, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tyler Perry acquisition? 

message: You removed a bunch of material with the edit summary . One of the citation that you removed in this edit was:
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Would you please explain this discrepancy? Why are you removing citations that indicate BET produces original programming with an edit summary indicating that they do not? Peaceray (talk) 05:26, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The section noted was for BET Gospel's schedule, which features repeat programming from BET itself; there's no need to list that programming if we have a link to BET's programming list already, and I certainly was not saying that BET doesn't have original programming. It was confusing to the article's flow, thus the removal of that duplicative list. Nate • (chatter) 12:56, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  A citation that you removed directly contradicts your edit summary. 

message: Because this page is getting cluttered, I've moved this section referring to brand extensions and units outside the cable channel itself to the BET Networks page. Thecleanerand (talk) 17:28, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moving "Other services" section to BET Networks