'Tulsa King' Gets Season 3 Premiere Date As 'NOLA King' Spinoff Ordered To Series

  The new kingdom is officially coming to Paramount+ , and the foundation setter is almost ready to play. The third season of Tulsa King starring Sylvester Stallone has been given a premiere date of Sunday, September 21 (do you remember?), after ensuring that the Samuel L. Jackson-led spinoff it sets up over the course of it, NOLA King actually leads to something, ordering it to series two weeks ago on July 17. Episodes will drop weekly for the season whose logline reads  “As Dwight’s (Sylvester Stallone) empire expands, so do his enemies – and the risks to his crew. Now, he faces his most dangerous adversaries in Tulsa yet: the Dunmires, a powerful old-money family that doesn’t play by old-world rules, forcing Dwight to fight for everything he’s built and protect his family.” The season also stars  Martin Starr, Jay Will, Annabella Sciorra, Neal McDonough, Robert Patrick, Beau Knapp, Bella Heathcote, Chris Caldovino, McKenna Quigley Harrington, Mike “Cash Flo” Walden,...

With the BET Media Group No Longer Being Sold, What’s the Future?


Y’know, everyone thought that this would happen but it didn’t…

A few months ago, it was announced that Paramount would be selling a majority stake in the BET Media Group, which includes BET, BET+, BET Studios, VH1, and several other assets. Tyler Perry and Bryon Allen, among others, were one of the highest bidders, with Perry almost acquiring it. But just last week, it was announced that Paramount would no longer sell it as they were asking for over $3 billion.

With this announcement, many are questioning the future of BET, including myself (as a black writer). Here’s the rundown of what has happened to BET over the past few years under Paramount and what might happen.

What Happened

BET launched their in-house production company, BET Studios, on September 15, 2021, signing multiple talents to produce content. Scott Mills became CEO of BET after in November 2021. The happened after the success of The Mrs. Pat Show on BET+.

Later on, the group gained oversight of VH1, effectively splitting it off from MTV after almost three decades together. BET then became under supervision of CBS.

What *Might* Happen

And then, the M&A talks happened and here we are today. A network with so much potential but is drawn back because its owners want something reasonable to it. 

Honestly, what will happen is that content from VH1 will start to swift to MTV (which started happening already) and BET, BET+ merged into Paramount+ (saves millions in streaming losses), and BET Studios gets absorbed into CBS Studios. Worst case scenario is the latter. 

I think they’ll sell it again, but probably for less. But who know what can happen in the industry. 

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