BET to Broadcast the 51st NAACP Picture Awards
NAACP PARTNERS WITH BET NETWORKS
TO BROADCAST THE 51ST NAACP IMAGE AWARDS LIVE ON FEBRUARY 22, 2020 FROM PASADENA, CA
2-HOUR TELECAST TO CELEBRATE THE BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENTS IN BLACK CULTURE
New York, NY (Monday, November 25, 2019) – The NAACP and BET Networks introduced a broadcast partnership to air the 51st NAACP Picture Awards. The telecast will happen from Pasadena, California and can air on BET Networks for the primary time ever. The announcement was made right this moment by NAACP Nationwide Board of Administrators Chairman Leon W. Russell, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson, President of BET Networks Scott Mills and Government Vice-President, Specials, Music Programming & Music Technique Connie Orlando. The NAACP Picture Awards is the preeminent occasion celebrating the accomplishments of individuals of shade within the fields of tv, music, literature, and movie and likewise honors people or teams who promote social justice via artistic endeavors.
“We’re proud to accomplice with BET Networks to showcase the unbelievable breadth of Black excellence in tv, movie, music, and literature, and to convey consciousness to the social justice and financial empowerment work of the NAACP,” stated Johnson. “By way of its numerous platforms, BET delivers culturally enriching and entertaining content material to a large and multigenerational viewers. As we head right into a crucial 2020 election and Census, the collaboration with BET shall be crucial to reaching our shared communities.”
“The NAACP is vitally necessary, and BET Networks shares the group’s dedication to our neighborhood and social affect,” added Mills. “With the NAACP’s half-century of historical past acknowledging the achievements of African People throughout leisure and activism, this partnership permits BET to additional our mission to entertain, have interaction and empower our viewers by delivering this cultural pillar to the communities we serve. We’re thrilled to welcome the NAACP Picture Awards house to BET.”
Karen Boykin-Cities, NAACP Nationwide Board of Administrators Vice-Chairman is the newly appointed Chairman of the NAACP Picture Awards Planning Committee and can present strategic steerage and management. Eris Sims, Chief of Employees will oversee all NAACP Picture Awards occasions and actions.
“We’re excited that two storied organizations, NAACP and BET, are partnering to domesticate modern approaches to our work and to ship a transformative expertise that conjures up and empowers the Black neighborhood. It is a pure partnership and one which aligns with our strategic focus,” stated Boykin-Cities. “We’re assured that the NAACP Picture Awards will proceed to develop in each affect and legacy.”
One of the crucial iconic annual celebrations of black excellence, the NAACP Picture Awards attracts a crowd of the most important and brightest stars in Hollywood. Earlier years attendees embrace Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, Taraji P. Henson, Viola Davis, Gabrielle Union, Kerry Washington, Anthony Anderson, Sterling Okay. Brown, Mandy Moore, Halle Berry, Frequent, Dwayne Johnson, Steve Harvey, Audra Day, John Legend, Lena Waithe, Tracee Ellis Ross, David Oyelowo, Laverne Cox, Octavia Spencer, Issa Rae, Trevor Noah, Terry Crews, Yara Shahidi, Danai Gurira, Jacob Latimore, Jay Pharoah, Jemele Hill, Josh Gad, Loretta Devine, Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Meta Golding, Michael Smith, Tyler James Williams, Ava DuVernay, Chadwick Boseman, and lots of extra.
“It’s our honor to accomplice with the NAACP because the unique broadcast accomplice of the Picture Awards, some of the influential Award Exhibits within the black neighborhood,” stated Orlando. “We’ll have fun and acknowledge the excellence and achievements of African-People in tv, music, arts and provides particular recognition to the artists which have thrilled us and formed the previous the 12 months in black tradition. As we head into our 40th anniversary, it is just proper to start out off 2020 with this monumental partnership and produce the legacy of NAACP Picture Awards to BET.”
Nominations for the “51st NAACP Picture Awards” shall be introduced on January 9, 2020. Further key dates are as follows:
Dec 6: Submissions shut
Dec 20: Nominating Committee Voting Opens
Jan 03: Nominating Committee Voting Closes
Jan 09: On-line Public Voting Opens
Feb 07: On-line Public Voting Closes
Feb 21: Non-Televised Awards Dinner
For extra data and the newest information, please go to the official NAACP Picture Awards web site at www.naacpimageawards.web.
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About NAACP:
Based in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights group. Its members all through the USA and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights of their communities. You may learn extra concerning the NAACP’s work and our six “Sport Changer” challenge areas at naacp.org.
About BET Networks:
BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B), is the nation’s main supplier of high quality leisure, music, information, and public affairs tv programming for the African-American viewers. The first BET channel reaches greater than 90 million households and could be seen in the USA, Canada, the Caribbean, the UK, and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American shopper model with a various group of enterprise extensions: BET.com, a number one Web vacation spot for Black leisure, music, tradition and information; BET HER, a 24-hour leisure community focusing on the African-American Lady; BET Music Networks – BET Jams, BET Soul and BET Gospel; BET House Leisure; BET Dwell, BET’s rising competition enterprise; BET Cellular, which offers ringtones, video games and video content material for wi-fi gadgets; and BET Worldwide, which operates BET across the globe.