Comedian Damon Wayans, Chaka Khan and Harry Belafonte Lead Parade Of Stars On Live BET Awards '06 June 27 From the Shrine Auditorium

Comedian Damon Wayans, Chaka Khan and Harry Belafonte Lead Parade Of Stars On Live BET Awards '06 June 27 From the Shrine Auditorium

BET and BETJ to Televise an Entire Slate of Awards-Related Programming Beginning June 13

LOS ANGELES, June 7 /PRNewswire/ --
WHAT: BET will honor superlative achievement in music,
entertainment and sports with a star-studded "live"
telecast of BET AWARDS '06. The top-rated and
most-watched awards show among African-American
viewers, the BET AWARDS will be anchored by Hollywood
funny man Damon Wayans. The show format includes
glitzy red carpet arrivals, explosive show
performances, and riveting tributes by the hottest
names in entertainment at the Shrine Auditorium.

(PHOTO: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060517/DCW096 )

EVENT TIME: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 @ 5:00 p.m. PT

PREMIERE TELECAST: Tuesday, June 27 @ 8 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. CT (LIVE)
Note: Pacific and Mountain Time Zone telecast tape
delayed

ENCORE TELECASTS: Friday, June 30 @ 7:30 p.m. ET/PT
Tuesday, July 4 @ 7:30 p.m. ET/PT
Sunday, July 9 @ 7:30 p.m. ET/PT

WHERE: Shrine Auditorium
655 W Jefferson Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 748-5116
http://www.shrineauditorium.com/

HOST: Damon Wayans

SPECIAL HONOREES: Chaka Khan - BET Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
Harry Belafonte - BET Humanitarian Award Recipient

AWARDS-RELATED
PROGRAMMING: TOP 12 AWARDS SHOW MOMENTS SPECIAL
Tuesday, June 13 @ 10pm ET/PT
Friday, June 16 @ 10pm ET/PT
Saturday, June 17 @ 11am ET/PT

I WANNA THANK MY MAMA: BET NOMINATION SPECIAL
Friday, June 16 @ 7:30pm & 11pm ET/PT
Saturday, June 17 @ 1:30pm ET/PT

BET.COM COUNTDOWN: VIEWER'S CHOICE
Monday, June 19 @ 7:30pm ET/PT
Friday, June 23 @ 7:30pm ET/PT

ACCESS GRANTED: BET AWARDS
Monday, June 26 @ 10 pm & 2 am ET/PT
Tuesday, June 27 @ 2 pm ET/PT

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD SPECIAL (featuring Chaka
Khan) -- airs on BET J
Monday, June 19 @ 9 pm ET/PT and 1am ET/PT
Friday, June 23 @ 7 pm ET/PT
Sunday, June 25 @ 7 pm ET/PT

HUMANITARIAN AWARD SPECIAL (featuring Harry
Belafonte) -- airs on BETJ
Monday, June 19 @ 9:30 pm and 1:30am ET/PT
Friday, June 23 @ 7:30 pm ET/PT
Sunday, June 25 @ 7:30 pm ET/PT

PRE-SHOW: 106 & PARK: LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET, hosted by Big
Tigger and Julissa
Tuesday, June 27 @ 6-8pm ET/PT

POST-SHOW: BET NEWS SPECIAL: THE BLACK CARPET LOUNGE, one-hour
live post-show hosted by Toure
Tuesday, June 27 @ 11 pm ET/PT (following the BET
Awards '06 broadcast)

The Bet Awards Fashion Review -- airs on BETJ
Monday, July 17 @ 10 am & 2 pm ET/PT

THE BETJ COOL LIKE THAT AWARD SPECIAL -- airs on BETJ
Wednesday, July 19 @ 10 am & 2 pm ET/PT

BET AWARDS: BEHIND THE SCENES -- airs on BETJ
Friday, July 21 @ 10 am & 2 pm ET/PT

TICKETS: The BET AWARDS show is open to the public -- tickets
are available at all Ticketmaster outlets and on the
Internet at http://www.ticketmaster.com/ . General
information is available at http://www.bet.com/ .

ABOUT BET NETWORKS: BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom, Inc.
(NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:and)(NYSE:VIA.B), is the nation's leading
provider of quality entertainment, music, news and
public affairs television programming for the
African-American audience. The primary BET channel
reaches more than 80 million households according to
Nielsen media research, and can be seen in the United
States, Canada and the Caribbean. BET is the
dominant African-American consumer brand with a
diverse group of businesses extensions: BET.com, the
Number 1 Internet portal for African Americans; BET
Digital Networks - BET J, BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop,
attractive alternatives for cutting-edge
entertainment tastes; BET Event Productions, a
full-scale event management and production company;
BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded
offerings for the home environment including DVDs and
video-on-demand; and BET Mobile, a service venture
into the lucrative world of ring tones, games and
video content for wireless devices.

Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060517/DCW096
AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org/
PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com
Source: BET (Black Entertainment Television)

CONTACT: Zabrina Horton of BET, +1-818-655-6737, Zabrina.horton@bet.net;
Amber Koger of Bobbi Marcus PR for BET, +1-310-889-9200,
amber@bobbimarcuspr.com

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

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