By: Lynn Green
DeeLove just sent me an interesting article. Reginald Hudlin—the man responsible for nonsense produced by BET, including “Hot Ghetto Mess”, has resigned his position. That’s good news.
BET lost all credibility with me when they put that “Hot Ghetto Mess” nonsense on air. If that’s the best they can do regarding black life and black television, they need to be off air totally.
Under Hudlin’s stewardship, the network, which reaches 90 million households, enjoyed some success with reality-based programming, including ” Li’l Kim: Countdown to Lockdown,” “American Gangster,” “Baldwin Hills” and “Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is.” But under Hudlin, viewership had declined. And Tuesday, the network debuted “Somebodies,” an original sitcom about college slackers in Athens, Ga.
During his tenure, however, BET’s viewership had declined significantly. Average household daily viewership, for instance, dropped from 353,000 in 2006 to 316,000 in 2007, according to the media research company SNL Kagan.
Good riddance!
Hat tip to Dee Love for story
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I’m probably in the minority when I say that I didn’t think that “Hot Ghetto Mess” was that bad. I understand the concept behind it was to showcase ‘our foolishness’ and encourage us to do better (Charlie Murphy would always say after he showed something like that, “We’ve got to do better”). But sadly, some just thought that the buffoonery was cute and funny and never even entertained the “We’ve got to do better,” discussions; because they were completely clueless that they were part of the problem.
I also liked in the show, where a historical question that African-Americans SHOULD know, was asked and they would show how many people randomly on the street could actually correctly answer the question.
The American Gangster show I liked for educational purposes. I remember hearing stories growing up from my uncles & my father about various people who controlled the streets in our area, but was too young to understand at the time what was going on and what they were talking about. It was interesting to me to see what these people did and what if anything they’ve since done (if they are still alive) to show that they are rehabilitated… and the older ones… what do they plan to do if they are released? Because you can’t be a gangbanger at 85 years old.
I just disliked that a lot of the stories were glorified and some of the younger generation watching may feel that this lifestyle is grand and not so bad; so for that reason, I wish it was done a little bit differently.
As for the others, I never really watched them. I did see the Keyshia Cole one a couple of times and it only made me resepct her more as a person. I never realized that she is the matriarch of her family. Her mother and sister are disgraceful and if I was Keyshia Cole, I would deny that I even KNEW them, let alone tell people that is my mother and sister acting a fool.
The fact that her mother was never in her life basically until she became famous and her sister is a loudmouth hoodrat who rides her sister’s coattails and she still supports them financially and emotionally is really commendable of her.
Diva, you are dead on regarding your Keyshia Cole comment. I really have the utmost respect for her after watching that show. I wish she would get rid of that mama and sister. They don’t even talk about the other missing gazillion kids that her mother has no clue as to their locations.
I have never seen Hot Ghetto Mess. I have heard other people and blogs commenting on it. The show sounds like just what the title implies. Maybe the head honchos of BET will take the time to get a talented, experienced and credible individual to take the helm and who will be committed to turning their network around. They should bring the nightly news back (remember Ed Gordon and Sherry Whats-Her-Name??) and invest in some decent sitcoms. They need a balanced, palpatable line-up.
I second that. Good riddance.