Black Entertainment Television

Early into BET's live coverage of Tuesday's presidential inauguration, anchor Jeff Johnson addressed head-on the question hanging in the frosty morning air. "There's been so much talk about the black journalist, about is this something that a black journalist can cover with a level of integrity, or are all black journalists just drinking the Kool-Aid, celebrating Barack Obama before he won," said Johnson, perched on a stool on a makeshift rooftop set overlooking the U.

After three years as president of entertainment at Black Entertainment Television, Reginald Hudlin is leaving his post at the Viacom Inc.-owned cable network, the company announced Thursday.

BET President of Entertainment Reginald Hudlin plans to unveil what he feels is a slam-dunk hit for the network today at Comic-Con in San Diego: an animated series featuring Marvel Comics' Black Panther(T%27Challa).

The battle between " The Boondocks" creator Aaron McGruder and Black Entertainment Television is about to get a lot more animated. Two second-season episodes of the biting cartoon series that attack the black-themed network but were never aired -- possibly because of corporate pressure -- are slated for DVD release Tuesday.

Tonight's live finale of "Sunday Best," Black Entertainment Television's gospel-themed reality series, will most likely shower praise on one of two aspiring vocalists competing for the honor of "America's next great gospel star.

Long criticized for showing gangsta rap videos and those with scantily clad female dancers, Black Entertainment Television is now taking those images -- spiced with profanity and frequent use of the N-word -- and remixing them into an audacious animated video promoting literacy and black pride that is drawing both praise and condemnation.