BET Serves Up 'The Beyonce Experience,' a BET News Special on Darfur and Marathons of Viewer Favorites, 'Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is,' 'Baldwin Hills,' 'American Gangster' and 'College Hill: Interns,' Beginning Thanksgiving Day

BET Serves Up 'The Beyonce Experience,' a BET News Special on Darfur and Marathons of Viewer Favorites, 'Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is,' 'Baldwin Hills,' 'American Gangster' and 'College Hill: Interns,' Beginning Thanksgiving Day

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- BET gives viewers a feast of programming on Thanksgiving Day with the network premiere of THE BEYONCE EXPERIENCE, a two-hour special of her 2007 world concert tour, and marathons of COLLEGE HILL: INTERNS, BALDWIN HILLS, AMERICAN GANGSTER and KEYSHIA COLE: THE WAY IT IS. And on Sunday, November 25, BET News takes viewers straight into the heart of the Darfur conflict with a ground-breaking special, LIFE AND DEATH IN DARFUR: JEFF JOHNSON REPORTS Viewers will hear directly from the Darfurian people, Don Cheadle and the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir about the who, what and why of this crisis.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22
9:00 a.m. ET/PT

BET MARATHON: KEYSHIA COLE: THE WAY IT IS seasons 1 and 2 - BET cameras follow R&B superstar Keyshia Cole as she lives her life...one day at a time. Season one chronicles a journey back to her roots in northern California. For the first time, Keyshia reveals intimate details of her upbringing that inspired her multi-platinum successes: the father she may or may not have ever known; the personal demons that have plagued her mother; the series of events that ripped her family apart; and the source of strength that drove Keyshia to become what she is today. Season two finds Keyshia Cole balancing her rise to the top of the charts and resuming her life in Atlanta with her mom, sister, and nieces living under one roof.

2:00 p.m. ET/PT

BET BLACKBUSTER MOVIE: NEXT FRIDAY - Set two years after the events in FRIDAY, NEXT FRIDAY follows a day in the life of Craig, who must flee Los Angeles after neighborhood bully Debo breaks out of prison, vowing to beat him to a pulp. Craig escapes to his uncle Elroy's house in Rancho Cucamonga, only to discover that life in the suburbs is even more screwed up than in the ghetto. His uncle is into S&M; his aunt is a nymphomaniac; the neighbors are a bunch of gangsters; and his cousin is chased by a former girlfriend and a thuggish woman named Baby D. Starring Ice Cube and Mike Epps.

4:00 p.m. ET/PT

BET AWARDS 2007 - BET celebrates another year of honoring extraordinary achievement in music, entertainment and sports, with a star-studded encore telecast. Peformances by 50 Cent, Diddy, Keyshia Cole, Lil' Kim, Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, Ne-Yo, Ciara, Jennifer Hudson featuring Jennifer Holliday, Robin Thicke, Public Enemy and Bootsy Collins, Yolanda Adams, T.I. and more. Appearances include Chris Brown, Rihanna, Corbin Bleu, Nick Cannon, Jordin Sparks, Michael Clark Duncan, Queen Latifah, Big Boi (Outkast), Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and many more. Don Cheadle and Diana Ross are honorees for this year's Humanitarian and Lifetime Achievement awards, respectively. Special musical tributes for Gerald Levert and James Brown.

8:00 p.m. ET/PT

THE BEYONCE EXPERIENCE - Superstar and cultural icon Beyonce is bringing her 2007 world concert tour to BET.

11:00 p.m. ET/PT

BET MARATHON: COLLEGE HILL INTERNS - BET puts a new spin to the popular franchise. Ten eager college students arrive in Chicago to begin the internship of their life. Catch up with the first six episodes of the season.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23
1:00 p.m. ET/PT

BET MARATHON: BALDWIN HILLS - Catch all 10 episodes from this critically acclaimed series. BALDWIN HILLS is a reality docu-drama that explores African American teenage life from the point of view of 11 upper-middle class teens. BALDWIN HILLS is an upscale black neighborhood in Los Angeles where pro athletes, TV and movie stars, doctors, lawyers and engineers live. This reality show focuses on kids who split their time between school, the beach, pool parties, high-end shopping, and driving their daddy's (or their) Benz. Some of them are smart and hard-working, while some of them are spoiled and overly entitled.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24
9:00 p.m. ET/PT

BET MARATHON: AMERICAN GANGSTER - Catch seven episodes from this season's AMERICAN GANGSTER, featuring profiles on Frank Lucas, Melvin Williams, Philly Black Mafia, the D.C. Snipers, Larry Hoover, Felix Mitchell and Chaz Williams.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25
1:00 p.m. ET/PT

BET BLACKBUSTER MOVIE PREMIERE: LEAN ON ME - An arrogant and unorthodox teacher returns as principal to the idyllic high school from which he had earlier been fired to find it a den of drug abuse, gang violence and urban despair. Eventually his successful, though unorthodox, methods lead to a clash with city officials who threaten to undo all his efforts. Based on a true story. Starring Morgan Freeman, Robert Guillaume, and Lynn Thigpen.

10:00 p.m. ET/PT

LIFE AND DEATH IN DARFUR: JEFF JOHNSON REPORTS - BET News takes viewers straight into the heart of the Darfur conflict, to explore all of the who, how, and whys of this crisis that has captured the attention of the nation.

For up-to-the-minute and archival press information including releases and photographs, visit BET's press-only Web site at www.bet.com/pr.

About BET Networks

BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA)(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 87 million households according to Nielsen Media Research, and can be seen in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; 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; BET Mobile, a service venture into the lucrative world of ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, an extension of BET network programming for global distribution.

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