<![CDATA[ Latest from Next TV in Bet-news ]]> https://www.nexttv.com/tag/bet-news Mon, 20 Apr 2020 19:54:57 +0000 en <![CDATA[ BET News, Facebook, CBS News Team for COVID-19 Special ]]> https://www.nexttv.com/news/bet-news-facebook-cbs-news-team-for-covid-19-special H3UwxHmhDrzyGu3ibqor6 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 19:54:57 +0000

BET News has teamed with Facebook and CBS News to develop a new special on the COVID-19 pandemic set to debut on Wednesday (April 22).

The special, BET News and Facebook Present: COVID-19: Black America’s Fight, will air commercial free on BET, BET HER and streamed on BET and BET News' Facebook pages, the network said. Hosted by CBS News' Gayle King, the one-hour special will look at the disparate impacts of COVID-19 on the African American community, as well as offer accurate information for viewers looking to protect themselves and their families from the epidemic's spread.

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The special will feature interviews and appearances from global health official and physician ambassador Deborah L. Birx, M.D., San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, former Obama Education Secretary John B. King Jr., policy advocate Heather McGhee and entrepreneur John Hope Bryant, along with CBS News’ Michelle Miller, Jericka Duncan, Vladimir Duthiers, and Anne Marie Green. 

The special is part of BET's programming initiatives surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, which also includes the April 22 special Saving Our Selves: A BET COVID-19 Relief Effort in partnership with United Way Worldwide.

]]> <![CDATA[ Viacom Nets To Air Live Town Hall Special Tonight ]]> https://www.nexttv.com/news/viacom-nets-air-live-town-hall-special-tonight-406198 uzSKeN7S5QCDr7aXe3CQcU Fri, 08 Jul 2016 19:58:00 +0000

MTV News and BET News said Friday it will team to develop a live town hall meeting tonight from New York to address the violent event that have taken place this week.

The What Now? An MTV News and BET News Town Hall will air at 10 p.m. on MTV, BET, VH1, MTV2, mtvU, MTV Live, VH1 Classic, MTV Hits, Centric and Logo, as well as on the several of the networks’ Facebook and YouTube pages, said company officials.

The special will offer an open forum for artists, activists, and audience members to discuss the issues underlying this latest round of violence and tragedy in America, according to Viacom officials. The event will be hosted by Charlamagne Tha God (MTV2’s ”Uncommon Sense with Charlamagne), MTV News’ Jamil Smith, BET News’ Marc Lamont and Franchesca Ramsey (MTV’s Decoded,  Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore).

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