BET, & Debra Lee's "Original Programming"
Hey all, its been a long day. But here's a new entry about the State of BET.
Now, I know that we ALL love BET. Shows like 106th & Park, Baldwin Hills, and College Hill keep us glued to the channel. But lately, for some reason BET is killing me right now, and literally killing themselves. They're losing ratings with shows such as, "Frankie & Neffe," "Pay it Off," and "Tiny & Toya."
"Frankie & Neffe" is a show about platinum recording artist, Keyshia Cole's mother and sister. The show chronicles their lives and how they cope with their problems and how they pursue other endeavors. When you watch the show, a shadow of ignorance begins to consume you; and you feel obliged to change the channel. But you stay tuned in because you can't help but notice why people become "ig-nant" when a camera is in front of them. One camera catches Frankie disowning one of her MANY children, and the other captures Neffe cursing out her boyfriend on the phone in a public place. Dr. Huxtable would have never cursed Rudy out for eating the rest of his Jello Pudding Snacks. Fred Sanford would have never disowned his son.
I don't understand why the CEO of Black Entertainment Television, Debra Lee, continues to keep ignorant shows, what she calls "Original Programming" on the network. I guess these shows are put on the network to influence and entertain the youth. But wait ... hold on. Why are we influencing the youth not to take care of their future children? Or, demoralize people and lower self-esteem by cursing someone out? *thinks* This is why we as black people, get criticized by people like Rush Limbaugh and Don Imus. Those two are examples of people who generalize and stereotype us and link us to mediocrity because of shows like "Frankie & Neffe."
We live in an era now where anything is possible. A man of African decent is Commander in Chief of this great nation we call, the United States of America. Dreams are made possible because of the freedom we have in this country, and not to mention, HARD WORK! Black people need to stand up and rise above all obstacles. Stop being apart of the problem, and be apart of the solution. Please do not let reality TV shows such as "Flavor of Love," "Frankie & Neffe," and "Charm School" shape your lives. Live your life, perfect your craft, work hard, and have faith in the one and only Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and you'll be all good.
Well, I'm done. That's just my take on BET and Debra's "original programming." Where's Bob Johnson when you need him.... *shakes head* I'm about to watch the inside of my eyelids. Remember, this is just MY opinion. Feel free to comment. I think I let anonymous users comment on my blog entries. But yea, another blog entry tomorrow. I have to find something else to talk about. It may be Tom Cable (head coach of the Oakland Raiders football team) and his incident with his former assistant coach and his ex-wives. Or it could be something totally different. We'll see tomorrow. I'm OUT!!!! Peace
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6 comments:
I feel where you're coming from. We definitely need much better programming, especially on networks that pride themselves in catering to a predominately black demographic.
Btw, I'm not sure having Bob Johnson around would help things. After all, he helped to set its current course.
i see what you mean,
but remember bet mtv and vh1 are all owned by the same people and the quality of ALL three of those networks has gone down ALOT,
and am i the only one who hates state of the black nation or whatever its called? lol
I agree with your post, and I've blogged this topic as well because BET seems to get worse and worse everytime I bring myself to watch it. I always hope there will be something different, but then I pick up my remote and find one of the shows you mentioned. Very disappointing, and I'm 21 so I can't imagine what demographic BET is trying to impress but I try to keep my 14-yr old brother as FAR away from it as possible!!!
PS: Love the entries you've posted so far, and I look forward to reading more! :-)
Enigma,
I hope that you have decided to present your opinion to Ms. Lee, or at least give her an opportunity to reply. In order to create change, your voice needs to be HEARD, not just seen!
I thought your comments were on point. A number of African American folks buy into Mediocity, lets hope this changes with you and your generation. I agree with one comment made regarding you sending this to Debra Lee but in addition sending suggestions that could provoke program changes. We want to be Problem Resolvers as well.
You make a Father proud. Do ya thang boy.
1st i would like to say that i hat BET!! hahaha lol but i do like your comments!!
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