Post by CarolinaCutie on Jun 27, 2003 12:16:13 GMT -4
3RD ANNUAL BET AWARDS NOW RATINGS CHAMP: Show surpasses previous all-time best, the 1996 O.J.Simpson Interview.
(Jun. 27, 2003) *BET can thump its chest all it wants. It's warranted and not surprising after the performance of the recent BET Awards this past Tuesday evening.
BET shattered the network's all-time marks for viewership as the awards telecast scored a 4.3 rating, which translates into a whopping 3.2 million households and 5.5 million viewers.
Those household and viewer tallies are the best in BET's 23-year history and surpass the previous all-time best, a 1996 telecast of an exclusive interview with O. J. Simpson following his murder acquittal (3.1 million households; 4.2 million viewers).
This year's salute to African-American greatness in music, sports and acting gets its first encore showings on Tuesday, July 8 and Thursday, July 10 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Somewhere Don Cornelius is reaching the Alka Seltzer. This can't be good news for his Soul Train Awards and show. He's already publicly stated his disdain for BET moving in on what he considers his turf. Oh well.
That wasn't even right about Don Cornelius (with his stiff neck). But anyway, congrats to the BET Awards!
(Jun. 27, 2003) *BET can thump its chest all it wants. It's warranted and not surprising after the performance of the recent BET Awards this past Tuesday evening.
BET shattered the network's all-time marks for viewership as the awards telecast scored a 4.3 rating, which translates into a whopping 3.2 million households and 5.5 million viewers.
Those household and viewer tallies are the best in BET's 23-year history and surpass the previous all-time best, a 1996 telecast of an exclusive interview with O. J. Simpson following his murder acquittal (3.1 million households; 4.2 million viewers).
This year's salute to African-American greatness in music, sports and acting gets its first encore showings on Tuesday, July 8 and Thursday, July 10 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Somewhere Don Cornelius is reaching the Alka Seltzer. This can't be good news for his Soul Train Awards and show. He's already publicly stated his disdain for BET moving in on what he considers his turf. Oh well.
That wasn't even right about Don Cornelius (with his stiff neck). But anyway, congrats to the BET Awards!
