BET Renews ‘Being Mary Jane' For Third Season

By R. Thomas Umstead
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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BET has renewed its drama series Being Mary Jane for a third season, the network said Thursday.

The series star Gabrielle Union, who plays a TV anchorwoman with a complicated personal life, announced the renewal during her appearance Thursday morning on The Today Show, according to BET.

The show also stars Richard Roundtree, Margaret Avery, Richard Brooks, Lisa Vidal, B.J. Britt, Aaron Spears, Latarsha Rose and Stephen Bishop.

The Feb. 3 second season premiere of Being Mary Jane drew 2.3 million viewers, according to Nielsen. 

This story was originally published on Multichannel.com.

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.