BET Returns With Its Critically Acclaimed Hit Gospel Competition Show 'SUNDAY BEST' Premiering Sunday, March 8 at 9:00 p.m.*
Posted on: Monday, 12 January 2009, 09:43 CST
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- BET Networks ushers in the praise as
SUNDAY BEST returns to the network for a stellar second season, premiering
Sunday, March 8 at 9:00 p.m.* As gospel singing hopefuls from around the
country audition for the title of Sunday Best, BET will continue to scour the
country's storefront churches, parishes and mega-churches to find the best
undiscovered singers in America.
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The first season of SUNDAY BEST finished on a high note, as the show's
live season finale garnered a 1.3 BET Coverage rating with more than 1.2
million households and 1.7 million viewers tuning in to see who won the honor
of being America's next great gospel singer.
SUNDAY BEST welcomes back as its host gospel great Kirk Franklin and
judges multi-award winning siblings Erica and Tina Campbell of Mary Mary and
Grammy Award-winning BeBe Winans.
Joining SUNDAY BEST this season is the debut of a brand new faith based
music video show 106 & PARK PRESENTS: GENERATION GOSPEL premiering on Sunday,
January 11 at 12:00 p.m.* BET's hit music countdown show 106 & PARK introduces
its new weekly gospel spin-off with hosts Angel Taylor from the Stellar Award-
winning gospel group Tri-ni-tee 5:7 and Jorel Quinn from the gospel hip-hop
group 21:03. GENERATION GOSPEL will offer a live studio audience, chart-
topping music gospel music videos, celebrity guests, interactive choir
battles, exclusive packages and much more.
Also in January, the network returns with its ninth annual mega-hit
CELEBRATION OF GOSPEL on Sunday, January 25 at 8:00 p.m.* The show is again
hosted by veteran comedian, actor and popular syndicated radio personality
Steve Harvey, who has hosted CELEBRATION OF GOSPEL since its inception. The
latest installment in this extraordinary awards show franchise boasts
performances from hip-hop pioneer LL Cool J, Mary Mary, Kirk Franklin, Smokie
Norful & Heather Headley, Hezekiah Walker & LFC and Dr. Bobby Jones with the
Nashville Super Choir and 21:03, just to name a few.
BET's longest-running gospel program BOBBY JONES GOSPEL returned Monday,
October 5 for another divine season of uplifting performances and special
appearances - all hosted by veteran gospel show host, Dr. Bobby Jones. This
past fall marks the 28th season of BOBBY JONES GOSPEL, a long-standing staple
among BET shows.
106 & PARK PRESENTS: GENERATION GOSPEL, CELEBRATION OF GOSPEL and BOBBY
JONES GOSPEL are produced by Stephen Hill, President of Programming, BET
Networks, Lynne Harris Taylor, Vice President of Specials, BET Networks and
Marilyn Gill. The current season of SUNDAY BEST is executive produced by
D'Angela Proctor Steed, Nia T. Hill and Brian Gadinsky.
*All times ET/PT
About BET Networks
BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is the
nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public
affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary
BET channel reaches more than 98 million households and can be seen in the
United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and sub-Saharan
Africa. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse
group of businesses extensions: BET.com, a leading Internet destination for
Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET Digital Networks - BET J,
BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge
entertainment tastes; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded
offerings for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET
Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless
devices; and BET International, which operates BET in the United Kingdom and
oversees the extension of BET network programming for global distribution.
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