BET Reality Series Sets Net Ratings Mark

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Black Entertainment Television’s Jan. 25 premiere of its College Hill reality series set a network ratings high for a series premiere.

The skein -- chronicling the lives of eight students at Southern University -- averaged a 1.41 rating, besting the 0.93 garnered by the Jan. 23, 2003, primetime premiere of music-video show 106 & Park, network executives said.

Edmonds Entertainment (Showtime’s Soul Food) is producing the 13-part reality series for BET.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.