Produced by Telepictures, "Just Keke" Premieres Monday, June 30 at 5
PM ET/PT
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
BET Networks announces the premiere date for its new daily talk show
"Just Keke," from Telepictures. Hosted by dynamic actress, singer and
activist Keke Palmer, "Just Keke" will air Monday through Friday during
its initial four-week run. The show premieres Monday, June 30 at 5 P.M.
ET/PT directly preceding the network's long-running music series
"106 & Park."
An influential voice of her generation at age 20, Palmer will bow as the
youngest talk show host in television history. "Just Keke" will
target millennials by covering a variety of topics including social
issues, pop culture, fashion, relationships, celebrity interviews and
more. The daily talker will feature an innovative set design with a
heavy focus on social media integration.
Candi Carter ("The Oprah Winfrey Show," CEO, New Chapter Entertainment)
and Andrew Scher ("Dr. Phil," "Queen Latifah," "Ricki Lake") have
been tapped as showrunners and Executive Producers alongside Executive
Producer Judge Greg Mathis ("Judge Mathis"). Larry and Sharon Palmer of
Laron Entertainment are Consulting Producers on the project. The series
is from Mathis Productions in association with Telepictures, for BET
Networks.
About BET Networks
BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B), is the
nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and
public affairs television programming for the African-American audience.
The primary BET channel reaches more than 90 million households and can
be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom
and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American consumer
brand with a diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading
Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news;
CENTRIC, a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the 25- to
54-year-old African-American audience; BET Digital Networks - BET Gospel
and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment
tastes; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings
for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Event
Productions, a full-scale event management and production company with
festivals and live events spanning the globe; BET Mobile, which provides
ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET
International, which operates BET in the United Kingdom and oversees the
extension of BET network programming for global distribution.
About Telepictures
Telepictures is an industry-leading and Emmy® Award-winning producer of
innovative, multiplatform advertiser-friendly television series and
digital content for the first-run syndication, cable and digital
marketplace. Programs produced by Telepictures have won 77 Emmy® Awards
in the last 17 years, including Outstanding Talk Show or Outstanding
Talk Show Host for 14 of the last 16 years. Telepictures is currently
producing The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Extra, Judge Mathis, The
People's Court, TMZ, TMZ Live and Let's Ask America,
as well as the upcoming Just Keke, #CandidlyNicole, The Real and Ellen's
Design Challenge. For more information about Telepictures
programming, please visit www.telepicturestv.com.
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BET Contacts:
Giovanna Desselle
310-481-3872
Giovanna.Desselle@bet.net
or
Robert
Avery
212-205-3159
Robert.Avery@bet.net
or
Warner
Bros./Telepictures Contacts:
Tammy Golihew
818-954-4855
Tammy.Golihew@warnerbros.com
or
Laura
Mandel
212-506-4355
Laura.Mandel@warnerbros.com
Source: BET Networks
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