Toon Zone Talkback - SDCC: BET Animation Announces First Show And Shorts Program

[Space Cadet]

This is the talkback thread for SDCC: BET Animation Announces First Show And Shorts Program (http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=11675).

Wow, I didn't know BET was this serious about getting into animation biz. This should be interesting.

[Anarky]

cool, let's see what they got

though I'm no fan of Vin Diesel (except for that horrible break dancin' clip) it's animation hence I'll give it a shot. I wonder if they'll broadcast the Riddick DTV as a warm-up. I've never seen it. Never saw those 2 movies either. Fortunately, the only Diesel movie I've seen was the Fast and the Furious but that's only because I was hangin' out w/ my gearhead friends that one night. Friends make you do the damndest things.

i wonder what else McDuffie has in mind for BET Animation

[Karl Olson]

I think "Bid Em In" is going to blow some people away. Especially since it's going to be run as an interstitial so it'll run right in between some of their more traditional programming.

[brizee]

God help me, I'm curious. Couple of those sound cool.

It's just BET isn't exactly known for it's quality, or budget, or taste...

[maczero]

It's just BET isn't exactly known for it's quality, or budget, or taste...Is budget still a problem for the network? Aren't they backed by Viacom dollars now? As for taste & quality, well that's what happens when you sell out (not that the network was ever known for high brow entertainment, but prior to Viacom they at least had news & talk shows).

[brizee]

Is budget still a problem for the network? Aren't they backed by Viacom dollars now?

That and they've got a new President recently.

And I just checked and they aren't playing gospel/church all day, so that's a start I guess.