BET launches eight new series

BET launches eight new series

BET's "Urban Explorer Sweepstakes" is over, however it served its purpose of calling attention to the fact the the network has established its Action Pay Per View network.

Prizes for the sweepstakes total $38,475. Grand prize is a brand new 2000 sport utility vehicle. First prize (25 total) is a Panasonic portable CD player. Second prize is (100 total) a BET Action nightshirt. Winners will be chosen on June 1.

BET Action original shows include "Step to the Mic, with Thea Vidale," "Exploring the Fantasy," "Naughty Games," "Strip Comedy," "The Peep Show," "Uncut and Uncensored," "Nubian Goddess" and "Madame Tales."

BET Action prides itself on offering programming most requested by urban audiences. Rappers, hip-hop artists, strippers and stunning models are often showcased.

For instance, "Uncut and Uncensored" presents live and uncensored rap and hip-hop concerts. "Exploring the Fantasy" is an educational series on love hosted by the beautiful actress and former "Baywatch" star Traci Bingham.

"Step to the Mic" features one-hour comedy specials from comedians such as Thea Vidale and Faizon Love. BET Action's "The Peep Show" is a unique adult music video and interview program hosted by the legendary adult film star, Heather Hunter.

BET's "Step To The Mic" stars Vidale, a self-confident, assertive, outrageousness comedienne who has emerged as one of America's swiftly rising stars. Vidale is currently in the midst of her controversial national stand-up four appropriately titled "Thea Vidale, Down and Dirty," as well as preparing for a return engagement this August at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland in episode entitled "Two Mammograms and a Wedding."

Vidale is perhaps best remembered for her primetime ABC sitcom "Thea" for which she was nominated for a People's Choice Award as Favorite Female in a New Series in the show.

Thea portrayed Thea Turell, a widowed mother of four who works in a Houston supermarket by day and runs a one-chair beauty salon on the corner of her porch in the evenings.

The show's appeal was a heart-warming portrayal of a no-nonsense mother shepherding her children through their formative years. Bernie Kukoff and Andrew Susskind served as executive producers of the Castle Rock Entertainment production.

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