BET 'Locks Down' Thursday Nights With Debut of Lil' Kim Series on Thursday March 9 at 9:30 PM ET/PT

BET 'Locks Down' Thursday Nights With Debut of Lil' Kim Series on Thursday March 9 at 9:30 PM ET/PT

STUDIO CITY, Calif., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by BET:

WHAT: LIL' KIM: COUNTDOWN TO LOCKDOWN chronicles the Queen Bee's last two weeks of freedom as she ties up her business, says goodbye to friends and makes peace with herself as she emotionally prepares to serve a 366-day prison sentence. In this new half-hour series, BET and production partner Edmonds Entertainment deliver full access to Lil' Kim's life and her entourage as she paints the town twenty-four hours a day attending sexy fashion shows, star- studded parties, music video shoots, and glamorous shopping trips. Lil' Kim then begins the physical transformation to becoming Kimberly Jones, peeling off the layers of hair extensions, acrylic nails and stage make-up. Final destination: the penitentiary, where Kimberly turns herself in to authorities. This is Kim's real life with all of its glamour, drama, comedy and tragedy.

SHOW PREMIERE: Thursday, March 9, 2006

SHOW SCHEDULE: Thursdays, 9:30 p.m. (ET/PT) - Six episodes

ON THE WEB: http://www.bet.com/

ADDITIONAL INFO: Artwork and press information available at http://www.bet.com/pr. Lil' Kim's latest release, The Naked Truth, is in stores now! For more information, visit her website at http://www.lilkim.com/.

ABOUT BET: BET, a subsidiary of Viacom, Inc. (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:and)(NYSE:VIA.B), is the nation's leading television network providing quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs programming for the African-American audience. The BET Network reaches more than 80 million households according to Nielsen media research, and can be seen in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.

Source: BET (Black Entertainment Television)

CONTACT: Tosha Whitten-Griggs, +1-818-655-6712,
Tosha.whitten-griggs@bet.net, or Zabrina Horton, +1-818-655-6737,
Zabrina.horton@bet.net, both of BET; or Tracy Nguyen, of 5W Public Relations,
+1-212-999-5585 x 212, tnguyen@5wpr.com

Web site: http://www.bet.com/
http://www.lilkim.com/

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