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[04/20/16 - 12:01 PM]
BET Networks is Harnessing the Power of More to Deliver More Premium Original Programming and Unforgettable Moments across More Platforms in 2016-2017 Fiscal Year
Telecasting for more than 35 years, and currently available in over 85 million U.S. households, and over 35 million homes across the globe, BET Networks prevails as the #1 cable network for African American viewers.







BENCHED (BET)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
4/20/16
STATUS:
previously in development (2016-2017 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to series
DESCRIPTION:
(from BET's press release, April 2016) BENCHED - "BENCHED" is a one-hour original scripted dramedy about a reluctant, recently appointed judge who is not quite ready to give up his life as bachelor to begin a new life as a public servant. Each week, he confronts the underbelly of the criminal justice system that has derailed a generation of African Americans, including those close to him - as he upholds the tenets of the same system. "BENCHED" is created by Scott Brown.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Scott Brown as CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· no information is available