The Anti-BET
Posted by Bossip Staff
Master P, now known as P. Miller wants to show blacks in a better light:
Percy Miller (formerly Master P) announces the launch of Better Black Television (BBTV) a family friendly network that will provide positive content for a black and brown culture that will appeal to all races with a goal to bring people of color a choice when turning on their television. The content on the channel will contain a wide arrangement from health and fitness, animation, financial planning, reality TV, sitcoms, dramas, movies, responsible hip-hop music and videos, politics, sports and entertainment news, educational children’s shows as well as teen and family programming.
Better Black Television is the brainchild and passion of some of the most diverse, powerful, celebrated entertainers, influentials and trendsetters from the Television, Film, Professional Sports, Corporate America and Music industries. These visionaries all share the common goal of enhancing the current television landscape for this highly coveted demographic currently monopolized by only a few significant providers, with fresh, innovative, uplifting and above all family-friendly entertainment.
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he has his DAMN nerve!
That’s a great idea. All BET offers is videos, more videos, poor rip-offs of MTV reality shows, and Sunday morning services.
I like the idea. Hope it works
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Everybody has got to mature someday. This is a great initiative.
BBTV WILL BE AIRING “RESPONSIBLE HIP-HOP MUSIC & VIDEOS” HE SAYS?
GUESS HE WON’T AIRING ANY OF HIS OWN SHIT THEN
…THEN IDEA SOUNDS SCHEMATICALLY GET-RICH-QUICK
@ Furiouz Stylez
luv the Schematically
As we grow we learn, we change.
Sounds like a good idea. I hope he stays true to it and doesn’t contaminate it with a bunch of wack no limit crap.
Well it’s a start…at least he’s trying to make an effort
I think it is a great idea considering the quality of shows on BET is questionable. However, I think it is important to choose wisely with television shows in general not just with BET.
@HarlemWorld I agree with you wholeheartedly it’s about time some of us decide to pull up our pants, take the grill out, put the 40 oz./blunt down and grow up. Alot of folks don’t realize what’s really going on with this music, it’s more to it than meets the eye. Research shows that playing certain music in the grocery stores make shoppers spend more, if something so subtle can change us, what in the heck do you think this gansta rap is doing to us. Think my people, it’s all a plan orchestrated by the ……………
Good! BET is wack and they never hire any black women as host..except for melyssa ford..We all know what she did to retain that job!
oh and free..When free was on..with aj is was hot, but now look at bet.
I hope P miller do it..Never keep a hustler down.
Hey Sugar Walls!!!! Waving like a cock-eyed coon
I love P. Miller aka Master P. I remember riding around in my two-tone Ford Escort in high-school playing his CD’S. Oh how we thought we were popular. LOL
Percy Miller is the personification of the Audacity of Hope. This brother is a gunner for real. He just goes for it… I love that!!!! More brothers need that attitude.
Atleast he is working with an idea that most haven’t tried just yet. May it fair well but we all know who is pulling strings (which is the reason why some OF US will not support his vision due to the years of being brainwashed as to what is “acceptable behavior” and thusly perpetuated by the media) regardless of his efforts to show us in a better light. The best in his endeavour!
It sounds like a panacea to me. The videos and all that are just a symptom. People all over the world can view these shows and go on to lead productive lives. Blacks have to go to the root of the problem.
wow….finally!
It’s About time because all bet show is the same sitcoms. How many times can you see sanford & son and the bet awards show. I really hope that this is not a rumor because we need more black shows.
Better Black Television? Me likey already. All the best to Mr. Percy.
Won’t happen.He may be rich…but I’m betting he DOES’NT have the investors it would take to launch a serious alternative.You’d be nuts to bet your own fortune in a TV networks venture .Nor do you gain marketing credibility with an IDIOTIC name like BBTV.How do you pitch a brand like BBTV to advertisers? Yes-most of the programming on BET is SHIT…but positioning yourself to top advertisers as the BET alternative ‘aint gonna cut it.For that matter-positioning yourself as a “family friendly” option won’t fly either.Just ask PAX TV how that DID’NT work.P.Miller is just making press releases.
Yeah… that’s was we need.
Do dat sh#t Percy!
Percy? LMAO
i am surprised Bossip printed this—i know how they prefer foolishness…
I give Master P’s new network 3 weeks of showing progressive dramas, educational specials and Black History programming before he reverts back to his old self;
That means endless re-runs of “I got the hookup, Ice Cream man, make em say ugh videos and adverts for his wack ass P Miller clothing line”
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This sounds pretty good. This network cant be a 24/7 infomercial as some on here have already said. If he decides to keep the aim what he has stated, this could put BET out of business in 5 years. I miss the old BET. WHERE IS DONNIE SIMPSON!!! LOVE HIM!!
Its everything the black community needs and nothing we actually want. We will support ‘conscious tv’ like we support ‘conscious music’.
When you are indoctrinated with certain beliefs as a child and you continue to believe those certain beliefs as an adult, WITHOUT EVER QUESTIONING WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN TAUGHT,you are a MINDSLAVE.
i am MINDSLAVE and i approve P’s message.
Thank GOD somebody is responsible.
I hope he do it and it is a success because there aren’t any positive black sitcoms with the excepion of Tyler Perry ,Everybody Hates Chris, and I guess u can put the Game in there.
VERY NICE MASTER P…I LIKE THIS IDEA WE NEED BETTER PROGRAMMING.
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Never really been a big Master P fan back in the day, but you have to give the man props. The smartest thing he did was getting Snoop Dogg from under Suge Knight/Death Row, which was a die hard rescue in hip-hop history effort. Secondly, the man has invested well for himself, his son (making his son go to school USC) and keeping himself ahead of other rappers in the game who at the end of the day have nothing to show for themselves, their communities and even their children!!!! I am glad someone is stepping up to show black peopel in a better light, All we have is Black Starz, EBT oooppps BET and TVOne is not enough!!!!!
MAKE EM SAY UGH!!!!! MASTER P! Do the damned thing! My children and I will be watching and support the channel the fullest!
Master P is on the right track but is doomed to fail …..sadly so . We black people unfortunately only want music videos and comedy shows like 106&park, comic view , hell date et al !
Have you guys ever realised that news on BET comes on very late at night after we have been brainwashed with ass shaking and 20yr old comedies all evening ? BET is so pathetic, it has infomercials running instead of programming !
Black people wise up coz its rough out there and the latinos are about to overtake us twice by 2042.
The era of the haves and have nots….lords and peasants is here to stay and only going to get much worse.
on 11/04 dont blame me but look yourself in the mirror…………………..
this sounds great!!!! i hope it becomes something big..i mean dun get me wrong, BET had great programs like the awards, hiphop vs america, gospel, but we do need another choice
WHERE IS SILK THE SHOCKER. P BROTHER????
..ain’t gonna work – black and brown are two different audiences…..
what a negative crowd!!! I hope the best for P Miller…..thats all we want is for our people to strive for bettter, then theres the lames trying to pull you down….
STFU @ all the ppl actin like crabs in a bucket towards this brotha….let him do his thing….I hear everyone complaining about BET, but aint nobody makin no moves!! Go head Percy!! YES WE CAN!
aint this dude broke… sounds like a big talker to me.. no haterade just sayin……
This fake ass nigg* needs to sit his hypocrite ass somewhere. Now he is a family man, yeah right. I guess that he needs something to do with himself since his son is in college now. He is, and will always be, a ghetto, trashy, hood brother with money.
@ Shaqwandalinah
Master P is on the right track but is doomed to fail …..sadly so . We black people unfortunately only want music videos and comedy shows like 106&park, comic view , hell date et al !
Have you guys ever realised that news on BET comes on very late at night after we have been brainwashed with ass shaking and 20yr old comedies all evening ? BET is so pathetic, it has infomercials running instead of programming !
Black people wise up coz its rough out there and the latinos are about to overtake us twice by 2042.
The era of the haves and have nots….lords and peasants is here to stay and only going to get much worse.
on 11/04 dont blame me but look yourself in the mirror………………….
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STANDING OVATION FOR MASTER P (I can’t get with the name change just yet)
It’s about time someone in our community is challenging wack ass E.B.T.!!! (yep I said it)
And for those who are trying to shit on P, you need to go sit the fuck down…He’s a man, who went through his thug phase and decided it’s time to a GROWN ASS MAN (just like JayZ)…Fuck all that thug for life shit, that’s not cute when you have a family you’re raising….
“About time”, I couldn’t agree more. All thought their are some of us who won’t appreciate it. There are many of us like myself who would. I get so sick of seeing these dumb ass VH1 reality shows with people who look like me acting a damn fool just to get on tv. If you haven’t noticed all of our positive black shows have been replaced with reality BS or Gossip girls and 90210. Now that BOB JOHNSONS UNCLE TOM ASS sold his soul, BET ain’t worth a damn anymore, and just what they wanted. Big ups to P.
P*Miller has arrived. I am all for it, we got enough ignorant fucks in this world.
Updown says:
“Discipline your children before they grow up and get shot”
I love this man. He has not allowed the big wigs in the music industry to keep him acting a fool. He acts like a grown azz responsible man an idea that some black high profile record execs refuse to embrace. Percy is the man indeed. I wish him and his business partners luck with this much needed endeavor.
Hopefully he can revive Amos and Andy starring Denzel Washington and Will Smith. It’ll be a Nielsen ratings smash!
Very ambitious of Master T. Even though he may have lived a life that wasnt exemplary when he was younger he realized his mistakes and is doing more than enough to correct them today. It took long enough for someone to see how BET does nothing to elevate black men and women’s self esteem. BBTV is very innovative and will show our community in a positive light as it deserves to be shown. Props to Master T!
@ MISERY, You are so worthless. Why are you on a Black website with your ignorant comments? We don’t want you here. Go back to the abyss from which you came. You white devil!
EXCELLENT BROTHA! THATZ GREAT NEWS, BLK NEWS FORUMS AND SHIT THATZ WHAT WE NEED! CONGTRATZ TO THAT, GOTTA PUFF 1 ON YA BEHALF PERCE!
Im feeling that completely we need something different desperately I cant tolerate B.E.T at all it makes me feel like iiiick whenever I see how racist the network is against black people without any help from the white world great job Bob Johnson , If u arent light skinned you will not be wroking for them as a woman unless your willing to clown yourself on national television…. example Tocarra hosting that stupid ass show with Joe whoever he is !
After he has made a ton of money from BET playing his videos. This is just a new money play for Master P.
OOOOh yea I dig that he came to a place in his life that hes willing to step out of the expected box for black men to be hes taught his son to value being educated instead of just settling for the money he was bound to make in the entertainment field first and foremost @ then to at the very least attempt to make a positive change in the entertainment industry for people of color because we do know how to do far more than just shuck and jive or bounce/throw a ball ,Im not sure who said it but they are absolutely right when they say he made history in hip hop when he in all honesty saved Snoops life and career fuckin with Shugs crazy ass cause there is no question about it Shug was trying to destroy that man one way or another
Well I’m soo happy to hear this. I’ve been disappointed with BET for years now, so the only black tv station I watch is TVOne. I’m glad I’ll have more of an option when turning on black entertainment tv (not BET) I hope Master P can produce better reality shows than the ones that come on BET…
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u dont know nuthin bout business
bet is rubbish, im tired of hell date,106 is borin
theres a niche for what p.millr wants to show and if pple tue den ders viewrs for ads
“The BBTV Advisory Board members consist of some of the most significant entertainers in Hollywood, professional athletes as well as movers and shakers in the community such as Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Denzel Washington; businessman and Academy Award nominee Will Smith; Vault Load Films President, entrepreneur and senior level business executive, Jim Finkl; NAACP Executive Director Vicangelo Bullock; Professional basketball player and businessman Derek Anderson (Charlotte Bobcats); an award winning, 20-year veteran of the cable television and film industry, Professor Sal Martino; businessman, community activist and founding father of hip-hop, DJ Kool Herc; entrepreneur, businessman and animation specialist, Olatokunbo Betiku; and community activist, Board President of Nailah House Foster Family Agency, speaker and teacher at Trump University, real estate mogul Curtis Oakes.”
Glad to see he has the backing of people like Denzel and Will Smith backing him. It is sad to see that so many of our brothers and sisters still just dont get it when it comes to the WHITE SUPREMACY PLAN that is full affect in this great American Hypocrisy they call a democracy.
Its been done b4…can you say TV One??? I am glad to see someone go after then 24/7 Mantan show that is BET. Maybe this will Force BET to step their game up and stop dumbing down their audience.
The Truth with Jeff Johnson is a start, but they can do better.
ITS ABOUT TIME,SO TIRED OF CRAPPY BET NO GOOD SHOWS THAT ARE POSITIVE,VERY BORING,SO SICK OF THAT CORNY MUSIC VIDEO SHOW,COPY OF MTV. PLEASE BRING ON MORE POSITIVE THINGS TO WATCH ON TV.
P has a lot of people on board with him on his new venture. Billboard’s website has the story. “BBTV advisory board members include Oscar winner Denzel Washington; Vault Load Films president Jim Finkl; NAACP executive director Vicangelo Bullock; NBA player Derek Anderson; cable industry veteran Prof. Sal Martino; hip-hop pioneer DJ Kool Herc; entrepreneur Olatokunbo Betiku; and real estate mogul Curtis Oakes.”
Im excited about this, hopefully it goes well, if not dont you fret Ill pick up the slack, being that i had the same idea just workin on the money/degree aspect now lolol
Wow..its amazing to see P. Miller in this light. He sure is turning into a phenomenal individual! Excellent idea. Someone has to do something to stop messing up the dern black race.
I’m in full support; the garbage for filty lucre sake on TV is horrible. Let’s do it P…
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I hope this idea truly works. BET is a tool.
An aside for all of you who are already saying his idea won’t work . . . this is why black people cannot get ahead. some of you sit around mindless (while watching BET) while the rest try to come up with innovative ideas to help ourselves and others.
It’s another one of his get rich quick scheme,just ask them boys in the South about him.
BET ? whattif there was WET?
If it’s good, who cares, My children will watch.
Good job Percy. Finally some decent Black programming.
There is an WET, but the official name is MTV
I just think it’s some type of competitive ish!! I mean we all know he will start out ok and end up playing re-runs just like all the other networks!!
YES PERCY!!! THANK YOU BECAUSE ALL BET IS IS THE COLORED VERSION OF MTV WITH ENTIRELY TOO MUCH SHUCKIN’ NAD JIVING! FOR REAL! WHATEVER THE REASON IS I REALLY HOPE HE IS SHOWING US IN A BETTER LIGHT!
I hope he is successful.
That’s fantastic, I hope it really takes off!
Maturity is a wonderful thing!! Good Luck P. Miller.
My people, stand up!!! This is wonderful and to all of those with the negative mind state I suggest Niggas Anonymous to detox.
Lol we all know this is a bad idea…A bunch of Bourgiess colored folks on t.v. Can I say Baldwin Hills? This shit will go down the drain..I mean does anyone hear actually watch t.v.?? I thought my laptop replaced it 3 years ago.
Go Master P!
It would be good to have some wholesome black television that the family can enjoy.
As it is now the only channel my daughter watches is Disney and they actually have some very interesting shows.
Hope it works out because BET since it was brought out by Viacom no longer has the true interest of our community. Everyone doubted Tyler Perry’s to produce movies and we all know how great that turned out. Let’s be positive that Master P is not just sitting around talking about how Oprah or someone else won’t play their videos and is acutally trying to change that.
Excellent idea.
It is a great theory…BUT! These negroes don’t want wholesome, educational shows. They want ass-clapping, drug slanging, weed smoking, ‘coonin. I wish it wasn’t like that–but it is. No one is gonna watch.
We have the Internet so use that to find just about All you need concerning health and fitness. And I don’t need another barrage of Negro TV to teach me how to be me. Fuck off.
I would like to see this. All black people are not easily fooled. It’s not like everyone keeps supporting any and everything. This is a good chance for original writers to give new faces a chance to show a different side of life. I feel VH1 Soul is a really nice channel. If they can capture that type of music programming with an old Yo! Mtv Raps or Soul Train type show then it could be cool. It would be nice if they had a news show with investigative journalism too.
percy has grown to be a man.bet is white owned so we need our own shit.blacks has taken 3 steps backwards acting like n words.just imagine all the people that sacrifised there lives for us ,now look at us.PURE DISGUST.
why does he have to be Anti-BET?! I would say he’s PRO-black. open your mind bossip.
P. Miller, We got some projects for your network. Holla at us
this is really great! http://www.girflriendchurch.com where we support networks other than Booty Everywhere Television B.E.T.
A BBTV, Percy what do you mean you don’t like shows like College Hill, The Boot, and Hell date. They portray us SO WELL already on TV, all we need is that super stupid show from Tyler Perry on there. *SARCASM* Good idea Percy, I really hope this works, because BET has fallen so far since bob Johnson left, interesting that so has Bob. LOL I think he might need BET as much as BET needs him.
good idea, now act on it
great. now he needs to hire a technical writer/editor. because that whole pitch was riddled with grammatical errors.
smdh.
don’t try to upgrade without a full grasp of the basics. the future is not looking bright for this network.
I’d watch it we need more positive black programming on tv not all that im a hustla type stuff!!!! and we need to know how to get that money!!!!! the right way
I hope this idea of Master P works out well. We need some positive television shows that the white man lack to show, and lack to suppor.
KUDOS FOR PERCY…I STOPED WATCHING B.E.T A LONG TIME AGO WE NEED SOMETHING TO UPLIFT US NOT TEAR US DOWN…
I Have Always Admired P Miller’s Hustle. Before There Was A Diddy Or Jay Z, There Was Master P. He Showed These Brothers How To Diversify And Branch Off Into Other Ventures Besides Music. I Am Pulling For Him And Will Support Him Any Way I Can. I Hope It Doesn’t Go Out Like The Black Family Channel Did. They Couldn’t Get Enough Advertising. They Had Black Investors, But Not Enough. With All These Hip Hop Artists Making Money, They Need To Get Behind P Miller And Invest Some Of Their Money In His Network Instead Of Buying Grills And A Lot Of Other BS That They Spend Their Money On That At The End Of The Day Will Have No Value. When Will Realize That We Have Economic Power? Look At All The Channels The Hispanic Community Has. That’s Because They Support One Another And Invest Their Money With Their Own. We Need To Wake Up And Do The Same.
I think this is a great idea. I love TV One, and it wouldn’t hurt for us to have more than one channel. I’m hoping it will be a basic TV channel, and not a cable channel. We need a network.
Thats whats up
I will support it 100%…Great idea. I’m all for it!
LOUISIANA STAND UP!!!!!
THANK YOU P.MILLER FOR DOING SOMETHING POSITIVE,MAN!! IT’S A WAR-ZONE OUT HERE IN NEW ORLEANS AND TO SEE YOU BRINGING SOMETHING SO POSITIVE TO THE TABLE IS REFRESHING! MAY GOD GUIDE YOU AND CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU!!
GOOD LUCK!! AND REP YO CITY!!
about time bet is bringing us down as people we need too boycott there asses.
Glad to see that Percy Miller (formerly Master P) has been open to change. Praying that it works out, we need something constructive for the black American youth and black people in general. Globally we’re looking like fools with the bling and booty shakers in the videos.
There are black scientists, architects, physicians, archeologists, engineers, mathematicians, professors, accountants, astronomers, etc. Let’s see some stories about how these people grew-up and grew into there professions.
I really hope he can do it because we really do need more positive television.It’s unbelievable,the other night I was switching channels and a show called “Californication”was on and they actually showed a nun offering blow jobs in the church!
I’m tired of flicking through the stations I use to watch when I was younger and just seeing sorry reality shows, “Look at my house and how much money I make ” shows , “I kissed six girls once” shows, flaunt, flaunt. What has happend? Show some “real” reality, how did these professional individuals overcome there difficulties, musicians, politicians, and athletes too. You have to admit we as a people need a choice, more of a choice than the few television stations we have access to, more than TV One, VH-1 Soul, VH-1 JAMS, and the first and worst which had so much promise and potential, BET. That is sad people.
And the thing is this I am down with all nationalities, but even the Hispanic/Spanish and Asian speaking peoples have more stations than we do in certain areas. What sense does this make when everyone wants to sing like black people, dress, speak, dance and act like us!!??
It’s funny to see P being the one to do this, but you have to respect the man’s entrepreneurial spirit.
Love the idea, hope it works out. There’s a lot of behind the scenes business that needs to take place (advertising dollars, investors) before filming anything even takes place. Let’s hope all these folks can do it, and do it right.
yes shut fake bet down
Ice T needs to take notes from P!
I’m proud of P. He is really takin’ a stand. He definitly turned his life around. He gotta set a postitive image for his kids. He is really an intelligant man hope it works out for him.
So glad someone stood up.
i would definitely watch!
Sounds cool hope it works:)
It is a great theory…BUT! These negroes don’t want wholesome, educational shows. They want ass-clapping, drug slanging, weed smoking, ‘coonin. I wish it wasn’t like that–but it is. No one is gonna watch.
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At least he is trying! And don’t count out that folks want to watch better shows with people that look like them on it.
Hispanics don’t have issues with it and they have tons of networks and those networks have higher ratings that BET and even the CW network that hates us.
Master P is holding it down! It’s about time someone started using their muscle to provide a viable alternative to BET. I really respect his recent career moves, and how he’s raised his son.
When does this shit start? I hope Bossip lets us know…..
i absolutely didn’t get this